| After 44 years, Delhi Police to get new Commissioner, headquarters on October 31 | | | New Delhi: Delhi Police will witness a history of sorts on Thursday as it will get a new Commissioner and the force settles down at its new headquarters after 44 years at the ITO. The current police headquarters on ITO Marg was shifted from Kashmere Gate in 1975-76. On October 31, it would be shifted to a fort-like 17-storey building on Jai Singh Marg in central Delhi.
The first Delhi Police headquarters came up in 1912 during the British era at the Kashmere Gate. After India attained Independence, the police headquarters was shifted to the PWD Building on ITO Marg in the 1970s. In those days, the force was headed by an Inspector General (IG). In July 1976, the post of IG was replaced with that of Commissioner when Jai Narayan Chaturvedi was appointed as the first Commissioner of Police (CP) of Delhi Police.
From 1975-76 to October 29, Delhi Police has been headed by 20 IPS officers. They include P.S. Bhinder, Bajrang Lal, S.C. Tandon, S.S. Jog, Ved Marwah, Raja Vijay Karan, Arun Bhagat, Mukund Bihari Kaushal, Nikhil Kumar, Tilak Raj Kakkad, Virendra Narayan Singh, Ajay Raj Sharma, Radheyshyam Gupta, Krishna Kant Pal, Yudhvir Singh Dadwal, Neeraj Kumar, BS Bassi, Alok Kumar Varma (former director of CBI).
All these Commissioners of Delhi Police had their office at the ITO Marg headquarters. Incumbent Commissioner Amulya Patnaik is the 21st IPS officer to lead the Delhi Police. Now, for the first time in four decades, a new commissioner has been appointment and change of headquarters are scheduled to happen on the same day. |
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