1989 batch IPS Vivek Phansalkar can take charge tomorrow. 

Mumbai:

Taking a big decision just before the floor test in Maharashtra, the Uddhav Thackeray government made IPS Vivek Phansalkar the new Police Commissioner of Mumbai.

1989 batch IPS Vivek Phansalkar can take charge tomorrow.

Present police commissioner Sanjay Pandey is retiring tomorrow, Vivek Phansalkar will take charge tomorrow.

Let us tell you that ahead of the floor test on Thursday, the Mumbai Police has increased security near the Vidhan Bhavan and on the route through which the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs can pass after leaving the airport.

An official provided this information on Wednesday.

The police have invoked Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which prohibits the assembly of five or more persons.

No one has been instructed to gather in Vidhan Bhawan and adjoining areas in South Mumbai.

Adequate police personnel will be deployed on the way of the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde to reach the assembly premises from the Mumbai airport, the official said.

"Police and traffic police are on alert as Shiv Sena supporters are expected to stage a protest when the rebel MLAs reach Vidhan Bhavan," he said. Take the buses and reach Vidhan Bhavan safely without any hindrance.

"Though no official information has been received so far about the plans of Shiv Sena supporters, but a green corridor may be made for the movement of buses of the rebel MLAs," he said, adding that the official said that important areas of the city. Security has also been tightened in.

He said that as a precautionary measure, police has issued notices to more than three hundred leaders and workers of all major political parties under Section-149 of CrPC.

Orders banning assembly of more than five persons are already in force under Section-37 of the Maharashtra Police Act.

Security has been tightened at the residences and offices of all the rebel MLAs in Mumbai and other parts of the state, the official said.

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