Anurag Kumar named Delhi Police Commissioner

The Ministry of Home Affairs has appointed senior IPS officer Anurag Kumar as the new Commissioner of Police for Delhi, effective immediately. Kumar, a 1994-batch officer of the AGMUT cadre, succeeds Satish Golcha, who has been directed to report to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi for his next assignment.

The appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, clearing Kumar's repatriation from the Intelligence Bureau to his parent cadre. The official order states his appointment is effective from the date he assumes charge and will continue until further orders. Kumar brings nearly 32 years of policing and intelligence experience to the role, most recently serving as Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau, India's premier domestic intelligence agency.

During his tenure with the Intelligence Bureau, Kumar supervised sensitive assignments related to national security, counter-terrorism operations, intelligence analysis, and strategic threat assessment. Earlier in his career, he served in the Delhi Police as a Deputy Commissioner of Police in various districts, giving him operational and administrative experience...