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New police commissioner of Delhi Alok Kumar Verma succeeds B.S. Bassi
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New Delhi: Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Alok Kumar Verma on Monday took charge as the new commissioner of Delhi Police at a time when it is battling mounting criticism over handling of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) row.
Kumar succeeds B.S. Bassi, who was at loggerheads with the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi on a range of issues in the last one year.
Verma, a 1979 batch IPS officer of the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre, was serving as the director general (DG) of Tihar jail. He assumes charge of Delhi Police when it is battling mounting criticism over handling of the JNU row.
Verma, who had joined as DG of Tihar on 6 August 2014 after serving as special commissioner of police (administration), is set to retire after 17 months. He has served Delhi Police in a number of positions, including deputy commissioner of police (south district), joint commissioner (crime branch), joint commissioner of police (New Delhi range), special commissioner of police (intelligence) and special commissioner of police (vigilance).
He had served as the inspector general of police in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and director general of police of Puducherry. On his retirement, Bassi was given a farewell at the Police Headquarters in New Delhi on Monday. PTI
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