Not thinking of resigning: Rakesh

A day after he was shunted out of the post of Mumbai Police Commissioner, senior IPS officer Rakesh Maria on Wednesday (September 9) said he was not contemplating quitting. "I am not thinking of resigning. Reports saying so are not true," Maria told PTI this morning. There was speculation after Maria's sudden promotion that he might resign from the post as he was apparently unhappy with the action. Maria, who was heading the high-profile Sheena Bora murder case and had interrogated the accused, was shunted out of the post and promoted as Director General of Police Home Guards. He was replaced by Ahmed Javed, a DG-rank official, who took over as Mumbai Police Commissioner in the upgraded post. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had cleared both the appointments before he left for Japan on Monday night.