Anurag Kumar

23 Jul

Delhi Police Chief Authorized to Exercise Preventive Detention Powers Under NSA

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New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The Ministry of Home Affairs has authorized Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar to exercise preventive detention powers under the National Security Act, 1980. According to an official notification published in the Delhi Gazette (Extraordinary), the delegation empowers the police chief to detain individuals without formal charges for durations ranging from 12 days up to 12 months. The order remains effective for a three-month period spanning from July 19 to October 18. Issued under the direction of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, the order invokes Section 3(3) read with Section 2(e) of the NSA, citing the necessity…

17 Jul

Anurag Kumar Appointed New Delhi Police Commissioner

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New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The Union Home Ministry announced on Friday the appointment of senior IPS officer Anurag Kumar as the new Commissioner of Police for Delhi, according to an official government order. A 1994-batch officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre, Kumar succeeds 1992-batch IPS officer Satish Golchha. Prior to this high-profile assignment, Kumar served as the Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and was repatriated to his parent cadre by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, which is chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The official directive confirmed that Kumar's appointment takes effect from the date…