Neeraj Kumar ,New Police Commissioner Delhi

Neeraj Kumar, a 1976-batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre, as the next Delhi Police commissioner. Gupta was also DG, prisons, before he was appointed the police commissioner. Kumar took over charge of prisons in 2010 from Gupta. Earlier, Kumar had held various high-profile positions in Delhi Police and other organisations, including a long tenure at the CBI (1993-2002) and as DGP Goa. During his career spanning 36 years, Kumar worked on several important cases, including the deportation of Aftab Ansari from Dubai in 2002. Ansari was the main accused in the American Center shooting in Kolkata. An AGMUT cadre officer, Kumar joined the Delhi Police as a probationer in 1978 after completing his graduation and post-graduation from St Stephen’s College. He first served as assistant commissioner of police for Chanakyapuri in 1979. Neeraj, who has received two President’s Police medal, has visited the USA, the UK, Germany, Israel, France, Japan and the UAE for investigations and conferences. He represented India in deliberations to elaborate the UN Convention on transnational organised crime held in Vienna. Kumar was responsible for the entire planning and execution of the police and security arrangements for 2010 Commonwealth Games. In February 2012, the UK government invited Kumar to share his experiences of organising security arrangements during the CWG to benefit the UK police in wake of the upcoming Olympics. At Tihar jail, Kumar introduced a literacy programme ‘Padho aur Padhao’ to facilitate education of illiterate inmates of the prisons. During his tenure, some of the inmates have completed their postgraduation; private companies have visited Tihar for campus placement drives, in which 400 inmates landed jobs.