Hyderabad, Nov. 13 -- Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Mahesh Bhagwat took charge as the Hyderabad Commissioner of Police on Friday, November 13.

The 1995 batch IPS officer was appointed as the city police commissioner on Thursday, November 12, in a major reshuffle of 21 IPS officers in Telangana.

Bhagwat was Director-General of Police, Law and Order, before being transferred as Hyderabad Police Commissioner.

The previous Hyderabad police commissioner, VC Sajanar, was transferred as the Director General of the Telangana Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence.

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