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Rashmi Shukla, Maharashtra's archetypal pistillate Director General of Police (DGP), retired connected Saturday (January 3, 2026), having completed 37 and a fractional years successful the Indian Police Service.
Ms.. Shukla was accorded the Guard of Honour astatine her farewell ceremonial held astatine the Naigaon Police Ground successful Bhoiwada successful the beingness of elder officers.
Speaking to media persons aft the farewell ceremony, Ms. Shukla said, "After having served for 37 and a fractional years, I americium retiring from the Indian Police Service. I consciousness nostalgic."
"Maharashtra Police gave maine truthful much, and I person learnt a lot. Everyone worked similar a squad to instrumentality Maharashtra Police to newer heights," she said.
"I americium precise satisfied and commune for a bully beingness and wellness for each officials and workers of Maharashtra Police," the 1988-batch IPS serviceman added.
Asked astir her acquisition arsenic the archetypal pistillate DGP of Maharashtra, Ms. Shukla said the station is simply a gender-neutral one, and enactment was the same.
"Earlier, I served arsenic the Director General of Shastra Seema Bal (SSB), and I americium arrogant of it," she said.
Senior IPS serviceman Sadanand Date has been appointed the caller authorities Director General of Police (DGP). Hailed arsenic a 26/11 hero, Mr. Date earlier served arsenic the Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and was precocious repatriated to the Maharashtra cadre.
Date and Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti were among the elder officers contiguous astatine the farewell parade.
He volition instrumentality complaint of his station aboriginal successful the day.
