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Indian Police Service (IPS) officer SN Shrivastava took charge as the Delhi Police Commissioner on Saturday, 29 February. Shrivastava replaced Amulya Patnaik, whose tenure came to an end on Saturday itself.
Shrivastava’s appointment comes after violence rocked northeast Delhi, killing at least 42 people and injuring 200 others.
“My first priority is to maintain peace and bring back communal harmony to the city. It is the tradition of Delhi that the people from all communities live and work here.”SN Shrivastava, Delhi Police Commissioner
Talking to reporters, Shrivastava said, "We have started a massive outreach programme where our officers meet people in their colony in an attempt to bring back communal harmony."
"We are registering riot cases. Efforts are on to arrest the culprits involved." he added.
Shrivastava was given the additional charge of the post of Delhi Commissioner of Police, with the appointment to be effective from 1 March, an official order of the Ministry of Home Affairs stated on Friday.
The appointment came three days after he was named as the new Delhi Police Special Commissioner (Law and Order) as the Union Home Ministry repatriated him from the CRPF amid the violence in northeast Delhi.
“With the approval of the Competent Authority, SN Shrivastava, presently posted with Delhi Police, as Special CP, is hereby given the additional charge of the post of the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, with effect from 1 March and until further orders,”the order said.
Who Is SN Shrivastava?
A 1985-batch AGMUT cadre officer, Shrivastava had been serving as the Special Director (Training) at the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
In the past, Shrivastava has served as Special DG Jammu and Kashmir Zone of CRPF.
Shrivastava joined the elite Special Cell of Delhi Police in 2012. During his tenure, he arrested around 35 terrorists from four separate modules from Indian Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba, said a senior police officer.
But he faced criticism as Special Cell head in Liaquat Shah case when National Investigation Agency recommended departmental action against 4-5 Special Cell officials for allegedly fabricating a terrorist case against Shah from Hizbul Mujahideen.
He was later transferred to Recruitment Cell and Delhi Armed Police 3rd Battalion.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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