Gafoor shifted,Sivanandan new Mumbai police chief

A 1974 batch IPS officer,Gafoor,who held the high-profile office for over 15 months,has been made Managing Director of the Police Housing Corporation.

The Pradhan Committee,which went into the terror attacks that left over 180 dead,is understood to have faulted Gafoor for not taking charge of the situation,blamed him for lack of coordination among senior policemen and also noted that he should not have stayed at one spot and should have visited different terror sites to assess what was required.

The sudden transfer of Gafoor to a less important wing of police department is seen in political circles as a tactical move to escape embarrassment in the face of reports of indictment by the Committee,whose findings are to be tabled in a couple of days.

The top police officer brushed aside linking his transfer to the terror strikes,saying “I was due for promotion…this has nothing to do with November 26 terror attack.”