Major reshuffle, new departments in Delhi Police

NEW DELHI: As part of a major revamp undertaken by police commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Saturday, Delhi Police got a human resource division which will handle units like personnel management, training and welfare.
The anti-terror unit (special cell), too, is set for an overhaul with four new DCP-rank officers and new verticals, with an eye on evolving threat perceptions and changing security situation in the region.
“Law and order” has been split into two – Zone I and II – with special commissioners Dependra Pathak and Satish Golcha at the helm. The chief of the traffic unit, apart from DCPs of south, southeast, southwest, north, outer north and central, have been changed as well and new officers posted there. The traffic unit has been renamed as traffic management division and 1991-batch officer Virender Singh made its new chief.
Veteran sleuth K P S Malhotra, who has probed highprofile cases in crime branch, has been posted as DCP (cyber division) in special cell.
More power to Special Cell to tackle threats
The division is also known as the CyPAD cell, an acronym for cybercrime prevention, awareness and detection. While in crime branch, Malhotra had busted the nursery admission scam involving EWS quota at many Delhi schools apart from the espionage case pertaining to several ministries.
He was, till recently, posted in the Narcotics Control Bureau, where he busted the Kasaragod drugs network and probed the drugs case related to Sushant Singh Rajput and other Bollywood actors. He also led the operation which resulted in the release of a young Mumbai couple — Mohammad Shareeq and Oniba Qureshi — framed in a false drug case, convicted and lodged in a jail in Qatar. Three more DCPs — Jasmeet Singh, Rajiv Ranjan and Ingit Pratap Singh — have been posted to the cell from central, outer north and southwest districts, respectively.
“The special cell is being strengthened by more officers. The new mandates will be established keeping in mind the threat perception and security ambit. The units will be augmented with new technologies and human resources," a senior officer said.
According to the order issued on Saturday, Muktesh Chander, a 1988-batch IPS officer who was posted as the Special Commissioner (ops and licensing), has been transferred as special commissioner of technology and project implementation division. He will also hold additional charge of community policing and the media cell division.
Special CP (headquarters and general administration) S Sundari Nanda has been posted as special CP/human resource division. The HR division includes personnel management, training and welfare. Special CP, women safety, Nuzhat Hassan, will now work as special CP, vigilance and public transport safety division.
Special CP Sanjay Singh has been made special commissioner (licensing and legal division) while Central Zone special CP Rajesh Khurana has been posted as special CP, intelligence division.
Sagar Singh Kalsi, a 2010-batch officer, has been posted to north district as the DCP. Esha Pandey, another 2010-batch officer, has been posted as the DCP, southeast district, while her batchmate, Benita Mary Jaiker, has been appointed DCP of south district in place of Atul Thakur, who is awaiting central deputation and has been attached to the police headquarters for now.
Gaurav Sharma from the 2009 batch has been posted as the DCP, southwest district, while 2010-batch officer Brijendra Yadav has been appointed DCP (outer north). 2010-batch officer Shweta Chauhan has been given the central district while Shankar Chaudhary of 2011 batch will be DCP of Dwarka district. I D Shukla, special CP, security, is the new special CP of protective security division.