Mr. Sanjay Arora is the second successive non-AGMUT cadre IPS officer to be the top cop in the Delhi Police and the third since the Delhi Police Act was passed in 1978 and a commissionerate was established.
New Delhi: Sanjay Arora, a senior IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, Monday took charge as the commissioner of Delhi Police officials said. Mr. Arora was accorded the ceremonial guard of honor by the police force upon his arrival at the Delhi Police Headquarters at Jai Singh Marg in New Delhi.
Mr. Arora also headed the paramilitary force Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), he was once part of the Tamil Nadu Police’s special task force which later hunted down forest brigand Veerappan.
The 57-year-old will succeed Rakesh Asthana, a Gujarat cadre IPS officer, who retired from service yesterday after serving the police force for nearly 38 years.
“It’s been suspense for me for the last 5-6 days as well. I was also following if there would be an extension or retirement. I was expecting an extension. The suspense ended today and it’s a good thing. I have had an enriching experience with the Delhi Police…,” Mr. Asthana said at Delhi Police headquarters.
“I worked hard so I desired to serve the nation. The desire remains… Although I am retiring today it feels that I can do a lot more for Delhi, the force, the country… Anyone who joins the force has to retire one day,” Mr. Asthana added.
Mr. Sanjay Arora is the second successive non-AGMUT cadre IPS officer to be the top cop in the Delhi Police and the third since the Delhi Police Act was passed in 1978 and a commissionerate was established. Before Mr. Arora and Mr. Asthana, Ajai Raj Sharma, a 1966-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, was appointed as the Delhi Police commissioner in 1999 when L K Advani was the Union Home Minister.
The Delhi Police functions under the Union Home Ministry and its officers belong to the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre
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