Commissioner Of Police

Name

Sh. Sanjay Arora IPS

Contact No

011-23469501

Email

cp.sanjayarora@delhipolice.gov.in

Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics

Position

Police Commissioner of Delhi

Resi. Address

Jai Singh Road, New Delhi, Delhi – 110001

Date of Birth

27 July 1965

Social Accounts

Previous Commissioner

Sh. Rakesh Asthana

Sanjay Arora is an Indian Police Service officer, 1988 batch, Tamil Nadu cadre. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur (Rajasthan)

Sanjay Arora was once part of the Tamil Nadu Police’s special task force which later hunted down forest brigand Veerappan’s. Sanjay Arora was awarded the chief minister’s gallantry medal for bravery during this stint.

“In 1991, Arora, after being trained by the National Security Guard (NSG), had played a pivotal role in forming the Special Security Group (SSG) to provide security to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu during the heydays of LTTE activity.

He has also served as the Superintendent of Police of various districts of Tamil Nadu.”

He has been part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).Apart from his home cadre of Tamil Nadu, as part of the ITBP, BSF and CRPF, he has served in Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and J&K.

He assumed the charge of DG ITBP on 31 August 2021 as the 31st Chief of the Force. He also held additional charge of DG SSB.

He was appointed as the Commissioner of Police, Delhi in August 2022, becoming only the third officer from outside of the AGMUT cadre to lead the force.