IPS officer Santosh Rastogi to shift to NIA

Mumbai: Union home ministry on Monday wrote to the Maharashtra government to relieve IPS officer Santosh Rastogi of state government charges as he was to be appointed as inspector general with National Investigating Agency (NIA) on deputation.
Rastogi, an IPS officer of 1998 batch, who was joint commissioner (crime) of Mumbai Police, was last month transferred to Delhi as additional resident commissioner of Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi.He completed a year in May as joint commissioner of police (crime). He was also joint commissioner of police (administration) for nearly a year.
Sources said Rastogi requested a transfer to Delhi. The home department is yet to announce his replacement.
Under him, crime branch arrested fugitive gangster Ejaz Lakdawala, wanted in several extortion cases. Crime branch had also arrested Dawood Ibrahim’s nephew (Iqbal Kaskar’s son) Mohammed Rizwan Iqbal Hassan Kaskar from Mumbai international airport while trying to flee to Dubai. He was also instrumental in arresting Dawood aide Tariq Parveen and police informer Salim Maharaj. Several cheating and forgery cases were also cracked by crime branch.