New Delhi, Jul 17: Anurag Kumar, the former special director of the Intelligence Bureau, has been named the new commissioner of Delhi Police, the government said on Friday.
Kumar, a 1994-batch IPS officer, replaced Satish Golcha, a 1992-batch IPS officer who took the charge as the Delhi police chief in August last year.
Kumar was repatriated from the Bureau to his parent cadre AGMUT by the Appointments Committee of the cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.
“With the approval of the Competent Authority, 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,” an official order said.
Golcha, whose tenure was till April 2027, has now been directed to report to the Delhi lieutenant governor.
