Senior IPS officer Alok Verma will be the next Delhi Police Commissioner. Home Ministry officials have confirmed this decision. Mr. Verma will succeed incumbent Delhi Police Chief B S Bassi who will retire on 29th
of this month.
A 1979-batch Union Territory cadre officer, Mr. Verma is currently serving as Director General of Tihar prison. He will serve as the top police officer of Delhi for 17 months.