Sanjay Barve (born 13 August 1959) is an Indian

police officer A police officer (also called a policeman and, less commonly, a policewoman) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the ...

from 1987 batch. He was the Police Commissioner of

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, taking charge on 28 February 2019, succeeding Subodh Kumar Jaiswal. Barve was succeeded by

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on 29 February 2020. Barve was previously the director general of the

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, from 18 September 2018. He has also held the posts of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Economic Offences Wing) as well as an additional charge as head of the State Intelligence Department. He has been the Director of the Maharashtra Police Academy. He was part of a special team which investigated

Abdul Karim Telgi Abdul Karim Telgi (1961-2017) was a convicted Indian counterfeiter. He earned money by printing counterfeit stamp paper in India. Early life Telgi's mother was Shariefabee Ladsaab Telgi, and his father was an employee of Indian Railways. His ...

. He was awarded the

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in 2006.

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