The Telangana government has appointed senior IPS officer Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat as the new Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad, replacing VC Sajjanar in a major reshuffle of top police officials. Bhagwat, a 1995-batch IPS officer, will now head the Hyderabad City Police, while Sajjanar, a 1996-batch officer, has been transferred and posted as the Director General of Telangana Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence.

The appointments are part of a wider administrative exercise involving the transfer and posting of several senior IPS officers across the state. The changes were notified through Government Order (GO) No. 1654, issued on November 12, 2026, by the General Administration (Special B) Department. The reshuffle affects key positions in the police department as the state government moves to reorganise leadership in several important wings.

Apart from the Hyderabad Police Commissionerate, the transfers also include senior officers serving in the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Crime Investigation Department (CID), Greyhounds, OCTOPUS, Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC), Civil Supplies and Traffic Management departments. The latest reshuffle is expected to bring new leadership across multiple law enforcement and administrative agencies in Telangana, with Mahesh Bhagwat now assuming responsibility for policing the state capital.