Guwahati: IPS Officer Sanjay Arora was appointed on Sunday to serve as the commissioner of the Delhi Police. He will assume leadership as of August 1, 2022, in accordance with a formal order issued by the Central Government.
Rakesh Asthana, the current commissioner of the Delhi Police and an IPS officer from the Gujarat cadre will receive a farewell ceremony on Sunday at 4 pm at the Parade Ground in New Police Lines.
Arora, a 1988-batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS Officer, was appointed as the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) DG in August, 2021.
According to the order, the competent authority has approved inter-cadre deputation of IPS Sanjay Arora to AGMUT cadre. SSB-DG IPS Officer Sujoy Lal Thaosen, Madhya Pradesh cadre, will hold additional charge of the post of ITBP-DG.
“Consequent upon inter-cadre deputation of Shri Sanjay Arora, IPS (TN:88), Director General, ITBP to AGMUT cadre, the competent authority has approved that Shri SL Thaosen, IPS (MP:88), Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) shall hold additional charge of the post of DG, ITBP vice Shri Sanjay Arora, till the appointment and joining of the regular incumbent or until further orders whichever is earlier,” The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said.