North India Statesman
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Mumbai – Maharashtra government has appointed Deven Bharti, a 1994 batch IPS officer, as the new Police Commissioner of Mumbai. Bharti took over on Wednesday evening after the current Police Commissioner Vivek Fansalkar retired. Generally, Director General level officer is appointed as the Mumbai Police Commissioner. However, the government has reduced the post to ADG so that Deven Bharti can be appointed as Police Commissioner. Bharti will be promoted to the post of Director General in August next year. He was currently the Special Commissioner of Mumbai. This post is also specially made for them.
Deven Bharti is known as an officer in the police force who demolished a network associated with the terrorist organization Indian Mujahideen. Deven Bharti was also included in the team of officers involved in the investigation of 26–11 attacks.
Deven Bharti, who led 50,000 police personnel in India’s financial capital Mumbai, has widespread experience. In October 2008, a team of the crime branch of Mumbai Police arrived in Mangaluru in Karnataka to find two gangsters of Indian Mujahideen (IM) – Yasin Bhatkal and Riyaz Bhatkal -. When a delay in getting cooperation from the local police, an officer of the team contacted the then Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Deven Bharti. Bharti and two other police officers immediately reached Mangaluru and took help from the local police. Bharti and his team armed with AK-47 rifles entered the suspect’s flat and arrested four IM terrorists and seized four grenades from them.
The Karnataka Police provided more than 120 personnel, vehicles and bulletproof jackets to the team of Mumbai Crime Branch to demolish the network of terrorists associated with IM. Bharti played an important role in getting the support of the Karnataka Police.
Two of the four IM terrorists arrested by an Indian -led team from Mangaluru were sentenced to death in the case of Surat bomb attack. Bharti played an important role in detecting several high-profile cases such as 26-11 terrorist attacks, journalist JD murder, Farid Tanasha case, Chhoti Mian murder case and Asif Beard case. After the 26/11 terror attacks, Bharti and two police inspectors went to America and collected evidence about Pakistan’s role in terrorist attacks within 10 days. During the 26/11 attacks, Bharti and his team went to the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and guided the NSG team in the operation against the terrorists hiding there. Deven Bharti was also a part of the police team that carried out all the investigation processes, resulting in 26/11 convict Mohammad Ajmal Kasab. At that time Deven Bharti was IPG (Law and Order).
However, Bharti’s name has also been in some controversies. Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey claimed in an investigation report that Bharti had relations with the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and criminals associated with his network. However, the government did not accept his allegations. An FIR was lodged against Bharti for not registering a case against BJP leader Hyder Azam’s wife for allegedly presenting false documents for receiving passports. However, Bharti was not named in the charge sheet presented in the case.
Deven Bharti, whose studies are very wide, are also active on social media. Bharti, who has books in Hindi, English and Marathi, often posted poets’ quotes and poems on their social media handles.
