Sanjay Arora additionally had stints within the Central Reserve Police Pressure and the Border Safety Pressure.
The central authorities on Sunday named Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjay Arora as the brand new Police Commissioner of Delhi. He’ll succeed Rakesh Asthana.
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A 1998-batch IPS officer from Tamil Nadu cadre, Mr Arora will go away his present put up of Director Normal, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), to hitch on August 1. He might serve till his retirement on July 31, 2025, or till additional orders, as per the Union Dwelling Ministry order.
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In keeping with information company PTI, Mr Arora is barely the third officer from outdoors the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre to be introduced in to move the nationwide capital’s police pressure. Earlier than him, Mr Asthana (from Gujarat cadre) and Ajay Raj Sharma ( from UP cadre) held the put up.
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Mr Arora has a bachelor’s diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Malviya Nationwide Institute of Know-how, Jaipur.
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The 57-year-old was a part of the Tamil Nadu Police’s particular job pressure which later hunted down dacoit Veerappan. He was awarded the CM’s Gallantry Medal for it.
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Mr Arora additionally had stints within the Central Reserve Police Pressure (CRPF) and the Border Safety Pressure (BSF). In keeping with an official order, the police division of the Union Dwelling Ministry has permitted his inter-cadre deputation, PTI additional mentioned.