Sanjay Arora named new Delhi police commissioner
The Hindu
He has served as the SP of the Tamil Nadu Police STF that chased forest brigand Veerappan and he was awarded the chief minister’s gallantry medal for bravery during this stint.
Sanjay Arora, a Tamil Nadu-cadre IPS officer, currently serving as Director General of the ITBP, was on Sunday appointed the Commissioner of Delhi Police.
Arora will succeed Rakesh Asthana, a Gujarat-cadre IPS officer.
According to an official order, the competent authority has approved the inter-cadre deputation of Arora to the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre, whose officers serve in the Delhi Police.
Arora, a 1988-batch IPS officer, will take charge on Monday and will continue till further order.
He has served as the SP of the Tamil Nadu Police STF that chased forest brigand Veerappan and he was awarded the chief minister’s gallantry medal for bravery during this stint.
This is for the third time in recent history that an officer from outside AGMUT cadre has been brought to head the national capital’s police force.
Asthana, a 1984-batch IPS officer, was appointed as Delhi’s police commissioner in July 2021 while Ajay Raj Sharma, a 1966-batch Uttar Pradesh-cadre IPS officer, was appointed head of the Delhi Police in 1999.