Who Is Delhi's New Police Commissioner? All You Need To Know About 1994-Batch IPS Officer Anurag Kumar

Senior IPS officer Anurag Kumar has been appointed as the new Delhi Police Commissioner, replacing IPS Satish Golcha in a major law and order leadership change for the national capital. 

Anurag Kumar, a 1994-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, is currently serving as Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB). With his appointment, he takes over the top post in the Delhi Police. 

As per an order issued by the MHA on Friday, Kumar is appointed as Delhi Police Commissioner “with effect from the date of assumption of charge and until further orders.”

"With the approval of the competent authority, Anurag Kumar, IPS-AGMUT cadre of 1994 batch, is hereby appointed as Commissioner of Police, Delhi, with effect from the date of assumption of charge and until further orders," reads the MHA order.

Who is Anurag Kumar?

Anurag Kumar is a 1994-batch IPS officer with extensive experience in policing and intelligence in Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre. He was assigned the new responsibility a day after his repatriation as Special Director Intelligence Bureau to his parent cadre.

Kumar holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree and has been recognised for his distinguished service over the years.

Kumar was awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2010 and later received the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2016. Anurag Kumar will be replacing IPS Satish Golcha, who had taken charge as Delhi Police Commissioner in August last year. 

The MHA's order to appoint Kumar as new Delhi Police Commissioner came a day after the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the proposal of the ministry for placing his services from Special Director Intelligence Bureau to his parent cadre (AGMUT) for a ‘period of three years, from the date of joining, in relaxation of the IPS tenure policy’. 

Although Golcha was due to retire from service in April 2027. The MHA order released today also mentioned that the incumbent Delhi Police chief Satish Golcha is directed to ‘report to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi for further posting, upon assumption of charge by the new incumbent’. 

Golcha took charge as Delhi Police Commissioner on August 22, 2025 replacing the then chief of the force, SBK Singh, a day after Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked by a man during a public meeting at her house.

(With ANI Inputs)