Shangari set to become next DGP

MUMBAI: Senior IPS officer S M. Shangari is tipped to succeed O P Bali as the director-general of police after the latter retires on October 30.
However, the state home department is still to decide the successor to Mumbai police commissioner Ranjit Sharma,who will retire in November.
Shangari, who is director-general, weights and measures, is said to be the senior-most among the other two contenders — T K Choudhary and A K Agarwal — in the race for the top post.
The state home ministry is said to have forwarded its proposal recommending Shangari as the new DGP to chief minister Sushilkumar Shinde.
Mantralaya officials suggested that additional director-general (state intelligence) V.N. Deshmukh may be appointed as city police chief.
Deshmukh, known as an upright officer, has served in the Intelligence Bureau and is popular among subordinate officers.