India, May 16 -- Special Inspector General of Police (IGP), Nashik range, Datta Karale, who had shared the dais with dubious godman Ashok Kharat, was among a clutch of senior police officers transferred by the state government on Friday.

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis who also heads home department has effected a major reshuffle of Mumbai as well as state police. Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Manoj Sharma has been appointed as joint commissioner (law and order) in Mumbai while IPS officer Tejaswini Satpute who headed the special investigation team (SIT) against Kharat has been promoted as additional commissioner and will head the crime branch of Pune police.

Karale has been shifted as special IG of the State Human Rights ...