The Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday appointed Sanjay Arora, a 1988-batch Tamil Nadu cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, as the new Commissioner of Delhi Police. Arora, the current Director-General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), will take charge as Delhi Police commissioner Monday. Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana, a Gujarat cadre IPS officer retired on Sunday, has not been given any extension
According to the MHA notification, “Police Division MHA has conveyed the approval of the competent authority for inter-cadre deputation of Sanjay Arora, JPS (TN: 1988) from Tamil Nadu cadre to AGMUT cadre. In pursuance of the said approval, Sanjay Arora, IPS (TN: 1988) is hereby appointed as Commissioner of Police, Delhi with effect from 1st August 2022 or from the date of taking over charge whichever is later and till further orders”.
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.