New Delhi, July 17 -- The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday appointed senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Anurag Kumar as the new Delhi Police Commissioner, replacing incumbent chief of the police force Satish Golcha.

Known for his experience in strategic and high-level security matters, Kumar, a 1994-batch IPS officer of Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre, was assigned the new responsibility a day after his repatriation as Special Director Intelligence Bureau to his parent cadre.

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 auth...