Rakesh Asthana, Former CBI Special Director, Appointed Delhi Police Chief

Rakesh Asthana, who had a controversial stint in the CBI, was removed in 2018 and was made the chief of the Border Security Force.

Rakesh Asthana, the former senior official of the Central Bureau of Investigation, has been appointed the Commissioner of the Delhi Police. Mr Asthana, who had a controversial stint in the CBI, was removed in 2018 and was made the chief of the Border Security Force. In 2017, then CBI chief Alok Verma had opposed the appointment of Mr Asthana as a Special Director.