The Police Commissioner of Mumbai is the chief of the Mumbai Police. He is appointed by the Maharashtra state government. The headquarters are opposite Crawford Market in South Mumbai. The Commissioner is an Indian Penal Service officer. The Mumbai Police has the task of policing the vast metropolitan area of Mumbai, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. ... Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र) is a state in west-central India. ... Crawford Market is one of Bombays most famous markets. ... South Mumbai South Mumbai (also referred to as South Bombay) is a geographic region in the city of Mumbai, India. ... The Indian Police Service (IPS) is one of the services of the government of the state of India; others being Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Engineering Service,Indian Economic Service etc. ...
MumbaiPoliceCommissioner A.N. Roy told a news conference in Indias financial capital that the case had been solved, adding that the blasts had been carried out by a group of Pakistanis and Indians who used explosive RDX packed in pressure cookers.
The policecommissioner said ISI was the mastermind behind the July 11 attack and the blasts were carried out by the Lashkar-e-Toiba militant group which was aided by the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
AFP adds: The policecommissioner said the attackers placed bombs in pressure cookers which were kept in bags and then camouflaged by newspapers and umbrellas in the trains.
Police circles apprehend that arrest of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), Pradeep Sawant, who was shunted out to the Special Branch only on Thursday, is not far behind.
Vagul was the Joint Commissioner (Crime) in Mumbai last January when a team of the Karnataka police, led by the Additional Director- General, T. Sreekumar, found Abdul Telgi at his flat in a posh locality here when he was supposed to be in the custody of the Crime Branch.
The SIT's next step could be intense questioning of the present PoliceCommissioner of Mumbai, R.S. Sharma, since the High Court has already directed it to probe the role played by him in the investigation of the fake stamp case.
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