New Delhi, July 17: The Ministry of Home Affairs has appointed senior bureaucrat Anurag Kumar as the Commissioner of Delhi Police, marking a significant change in the leadership of the capital’s law enforcement structure. The formal directive brings the 1994-batch AGMUT cadre officer back into active district administration. He replaces the current incumbent, Satish Golcha, who will hand over operational command immediately.
The appointment follows an official evaluation of the leadership team by the highest administrative panels of the central government.
“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,” the Ministry of Home Affairs affirmed in its official release.
The newly designated chief was recently stationed at the country’s central intelligence infrastructure. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared his return from the Intelligence Bureau, where he was handling key responsibilities as Special Director.
The outgoing commissioner, a 1992-batch officer, will yield his position ahead of his next deployment. The central order maintained that the outgoing official must report to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi to receive his upcoming field posting once the incoming chief formally assumes his duties at the police headquarters.
