New Delhi: Under fired for ineffective handling of riots in Delhi that killed as many as 39 people, the city police commissioner Amulya Patnaik has been transferred and he will be succeeded by former head of the anti-terror wing of Delhi Police Sachidanand Srivastava.
The 1985-batch AGMUT-cadre officer was this week brought in as the Special Commissioner of Police in-charge of Law & Order. He is likely to continue till June 30, 2021.
The move comes at a time when the incumbent Amulya Patnaik is facing yet another crisis just four days to his retirement. Delhi is witnessing one of the biggest communal conflagrations in decades and the city’s police force is being blamed for inaction. The pressure is mounting on the cops as videos showing violent mobs going on rampage, with police often looking the other way, continue to pour in.
Today, as Delhi burns, that is the healing touch that the city can do with. The IIT Kharagpur alumni was also the Joint Commissioner of Traffic, where he had introduced the concept of traffic cones on Delhi roads.
Comments are closed.