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Senior IPS officer Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat (1995 batch) has been appointed as the new Hyderabad Police Commissioner, replacing VC Sajjanar, who has been transferred as Director General of Telangana Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence.
Hyderabad, November 12 (Najaf Ali Shoukat-PMI): In a major reshuffle of senior police officials in Telangana, senior IPS officer Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat (1995 batch) has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad. He succeeds VC Sajjanar (1996 batch), who has been transferred and posted as Director General of Telangana Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence.
The Telangana government issued orders transferring and posting several senior IPS officers to key positions across the state police department and various government institutions.
The transfers and appointments were notified through Government Order (GO) No. 1654, dated November 12, 2026, issued by the General Administration (Special B) Department.
As part of the administrative reshuffle, the government also announced changes in several important departments and organisations, including the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Crime Investigation Department (CID), Greyhounds, OCTOPUS, Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC), and Civil Supplies and Traffic Management.
The latest changes are aimed at reorganising the leadership of various departments and assigning new responsibilities to senior officers across the state administration. (pressmediaofindia. com)
