Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar has reassigned six inspectors in an administrative reshuffle, bringing new senior police inspectors to Bund Garden, Lashkar and Loni Kalbhor police stations.
The changes were ordered on Thursday, November 12, and include postings across the city traffic branch, special branch and crime branch. The order moves officers between operational, investigative and supervisory responsibilities within the Pune City Police force.
Santosh Pandhare, who was serving as the senior police inspector at Bund Garden police station, has been transferred to the city traffic branch as a police inspector. Shashikant Chavan, who was posted with the special branch, will take charge as the new senior police inspector at Bund Garden.
At Lashkar police station, Yuvraj Hande has been moved to the special branch from his post as senior police inspector. Maruti Khedkar, who was with the crime branch, has been appointed senior police inspector at Lashkar police station.
The reshuffle also changes the leadership at Loni Kalbhor police station. Samadhan Pawar, who was serving with the crime unit at Khadak police station, will take charge as its senior police inspector. Pradeep Pawar, the outgoing senior police inspector at Loni Kalbhor, has been transferred to the crime unit at Khadak police station as a police inspector.
The three stations serve areas with different policing and administrative requirements within the wider Pune urban region. The order therefore changes not only station-level leadership but also the deployment of officers between public-facing policing, traffic management, specialised branches and crime investigation.
The Pune Police described the changes as administrative postings. The reshuffle covers six officers in all, with the new appointments at Bund Garden, Lashkar and Loni Kalbhor forming its most visible component. Further operational details, including the dates on which the officers assume their new responsibilities, were not provided in the available report.
