Balaji Srivastav gets additional charge of Delhi Police commissioner

Balaji Srivastav, a 1988 IPS officer, was on Tuesday given the additional charge of Commissioner of Police, Delhi. He is currently serving as the Special CP (vigilance) in Delhi Police and was earlier appointed as DG (Mizoram).The moves comes as the present Commissioner of Delhi Police S N Shrivastava is set to retire on Wednesday. Srivastav’s name was finalised as the next Delhi Police commissioner by the Union Home Ministry.

An order, issued on Tuesday by Deputy Secretary (services) B G Krishnan stated, “Consequent upon the superannuation of S N Shrivastava, Commissioner of Delhi Police, Balaji Srivastav, will hold the additional charge of Commissioner of Police, Delhi, in addition to his regular charges until the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is earlier. ”Balaji is replacing current commissioner S.N. Shrivastava, who will retire from his service on Wednesday. Shrivastava, a 1985-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, had taken charge as Delhi Police Commissioner on February 28 last year in the backdrop of riots in North East Delhi.