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| name = Hasan Gafoor IPS<br />
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| birth_date = 11 December 1950<br />
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], India<br />
| death_date = 12 March 2012 (aged 62)<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]<br />
| resting_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]<br />
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| citizenship = Indian<br />
| known_for = Director General of Police, [[Maharashtra]]<br />
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| occupation = Law enforcement<br />
| title = [[Police Commissioner of Mumbai]]<br />
| term = 1 March 2008 – 12 June 2009<br />
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'''Hasan Gafoor''' (11 December 1950 – 12 March 2012) was the [[Director General of Police]] of [[Maharashtra]] (Anti Corruption bureau). Previously he was the [[Director General of Police]] of [[Maharashtra]] and managing director of the Maharashtra Police Housing & Welfare Corporation. He was the [[Police Commissioner of Mumbai]], but was transferred as an aftermath of the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=2&contentid=20090614200906140346509302dbced1f|title=D Sivanandan to be new police chief of Mumbai|date=June 14, 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2009-11-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615071337/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=2&contentid=20090614200906140346509302dbced1f|archive-date=15 June 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Prior to being the Police Commissioner, he was the Additional Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) between 15 June 2007 and 29 February 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2124293.cms|title=Maria to take over as crime branch chief|date=15 June 2007|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2008-12-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103082754/http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2124293.cms|archive-date=3 January 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Gafoor was a 1974 batch [[Indian Penal Service|IPS]] officer.<br />
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Hasan Gafoor was indicted in Pradhan commission report on lack of leadership during the Mumbai terror attacks. Hasan Gafoor died of a heart attack in the Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, on 12 March 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/former-police-chief-hasan-gafoor-dead/922926/ |title=Former police chief Hasan Gafoor dead |newspaper=Indian Express |access-date=2012-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/former-mumbai-police-commissioner-hasan-gafoor-dead/20120312.htm |title=Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor dead |publisher=Rediff.com |access-date=2012-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Ex-Mumbai-police-chief-Hasan-Gafoor-dead/articleshow/12236049.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312200710/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Ex-Mumbai-police-chief-Hasan-Gafoor-dead/articleshow/12236049.cms |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-12 |title=Ex-Mumbai police chief Hasan Gafoor dead |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=2012-03-12}}</ref><br />
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==Incidents==<br />
During his tenure as [[Police Commissioner of Mumbai]] the following events took place:<br />
# [[2008 anti-North Indian violence in Maharashtra]]<br />
# [[2008 Ahmedabad bombings]]<br />
# [[Rahul Raj encounter]]<br />
# [[2008 Mumbai attacks]]<br />
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| before = [[D.N. Jhadav]]<br />
| title = [[Police Commissioner of Mumbai]]<br />
| years = 1 March 2008 – 13 June 2009<br />
| after = [[Dhanushyakodi Sivanandan]]<br />
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[[Category:2012 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Police commissioners of Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:People from Hyderabad, India]]<br />
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