The Bombay Stock Exchange on Friday said Rajnikant Patel has resigned from the post of managing director and chief executive officer of the bourse.

Patel has tendered his resignation, which has been accepted, BSE said in a press release.

BSE chief operating officer Mahesh L Soneji would be looking after the interests of the exchange till a new appointment is made.

A few weeks ago, BSE board members Jamshyd Godrej [Get Quote] and S M Dutta had also resigned.