Rakesh Asthana takes charge as Delhi police commissioner

July 28, 2021 14:40

IPS officer Rakesh Asthana takes charges as the new Police Commissioner of Delhi. Asthana, a former officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation, was appointed Delhi Police Commissioner on Tuesday, just three days before his retirement. A Union Home Ministry order on Tuesday evening said Asthana, currently the Director General of the Border Security Force, would head the Delhi Police with a year's extension in service granted "in public interest".

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