Balaji Srivastava, the Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1988 batch of AGMUT Cadre, on Wednesday took additional charge as the Commissioner of Delhi Police after incumbent S N Shrivastava retired.
At present Balaji Srivastava, is posted as Special Commissioner of Police, Vigilance in the Delhi Police. He had previously worked as Director General of Police (DGP), Puducherry, DGP, Mizoram, Special CP, Intelligence, Economic Offence Wing and Special Cell in Delhi Police. He also worked as Additional DG, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Balaji Srivastava had also served in the Cabinet Secretariat for nine years and handled sensitive assignments.
The Ministry had, in an order, said Balaji Srivastava will discharge duties as the Commissioner of the Delhi Police in addition to his present responsibility till a full-fledged head of the national Capital's police force is appointed.
S N Shrivastava too initially took the additional charge of CP, Delhi, in February 2020 in the wake of the communal riots in the Capital following protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. He was regularised as the CP of the Delhi Police last month.