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IPS Anurag Kumar Takes Charge as New Delhi Police Commissioner

IPS officer Anurag Kumar has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Police, Delhi by the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1994-batch IPS officer of the AGMUT cadre and will assume charge immediately. Outgoing Commissioner Satish Golcha, a 1992-batch IPS officer, has been directed to report to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. The order was issued by Under Secretary Rakesh Kumar Singh and marks a significant reshuffle in Delhi Police leadership.

IPS officer Anurag Kumar appointed Delhi Police Commissioner

New Delhi Jul, y 17

In a significant top-level reshuffle in the Delhi Police, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday appointed senior IPS officer Anurag Kumar as the Commissioner of Police, Delhi.

According to an official order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Anurag Kumar, a 1994-batch IPS officer of the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre, will take over the charge with immediate effect.

"With the approval of the Competent Authority, Sh. Anurag Kumar, IPS (AGMUT:1994) is hereby appointed as Commissioner of Police, Delhi with effect from the date of assumption of charge and until further orders," the MHA order stated.

The order further directed the outgoing Delhi Police Commissioner, Satish Golcha, a 1992-batch IPS officer, to report to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi for his next posting.

"Sh. Satish Golcha, IPS (AGMUT:1992) is directed to report to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi for further posting, upon assumption of charge by the new incumbent," the order added.

The order, signed by Rakesh Kumar Singh, Under Secretary to the Government of India, has been marked to the Chief Secretary of Delhi, the Commissioner of Police, and the Principal Secretary to the Lt. Governor.

— ANI

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