IPS officer Sanjay Arora has been appointed as the Delhi Police Commissioner on Sunday and will take charge from August 1. A graduate in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Malviya National Institute of Technology in Rajasthan, Mr. Arora is replacing Rakesh Asthana as the top cop of national capital.
A 1988 batch IPS of Tamil Nadu Cadre Mr. Arora has served in various capacities, Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore city from 2002 to 2004, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Villupuram range and Deputy Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption.
He has also led the Chennai City Police as Additional Commissioner Crime & Headquarters and Additional Commissioner Traffic. Besides the services in TN, he also served in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on deputation as Commandant from 1997 to 2002 and commanded a border guarding ITBP Battalion in Matli, Uttarakhand from 1997 to 2000.
Mr. Arora also served as the Inspector General (Special Operations) BSF, IG Chhattisgarh Sector CRPF and IG Operations CRPF, ADG HQ & Ops CRPF and Spl DG J&K Zone CRPF DG, ITBP.
As the Superintendent of Police (SP), Special Task Force, he achieved significant success against the Veerappan gang. For this work he was awarded the CM’s Gallantry Medal for Bravery and Heroic Action.
