Neeraj Kumar is new Delhi Police chief (Lead)
June 28th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Neeraj Kumar, a senior Delhi Police officer, was Thursday named the next chief of the national capital’s police force.
The 1976 batch Indian Police Service officer will succeed B.K. Gupta, who retires on June 30, after over four decades of service.
Neeraj Kumar is at present the Delhi prisons director general.
The announcement of his appointment was made by the union home ministry here.
Before joining the prisons department, Kumar was posted as Special Commissioner of Police (headquarters), Delhi Police, and was in charge of overall security arrangement for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Kumar joined Delhi Police as probationer after completing his graduation and post-graduation from St Stephen’s College in 1973 and 1975 respectively. He first served as assistant commissioner of police for Chanakyapuri in 1979.
Kumar also had a long stint in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) where he led the investigations in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts.
He headed the special cell of Delhi Police as joint commissioner in 2002.
He is from the AGMUT (Arunachal, Goa, Mizoram, and other Union Territories) cadre.
B.K. Gupta, also from the same cadre, had taken charge from Y.S. Dadwal in November 2010 after the Commonwealth Games.
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