Senior IPS officer Bipin Kumar Singh took over as new Police Commissioner of Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra on Friday.
Addressing a press conference, Singh stated that maintaining law and order is one of the top priority.
Singh succeeded Sanjay Kumar, who has been appointed as the new Additional Director General of Police (Training and Special Squads).
"There are several issues that need to be addressed and maintaining law and order is the priority. But the entire force and citizens are currently fighting the coronavirus pandemic," he said.
A couple of days back, the state government had announced formation of the new commissionerate. With this, Thane district now has three police commissionerates- two others being Thane and Navi Mumbai.