India, July 31 -- Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Shashi Bhushan Kumar Singh, a 1988-batch officer from the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre, will take over as the new commissioner of Delhi Police on Friday, a Union home ministry order said on Thursday.

The official notification confirming Singh's appointment, stated that he will assume charge from August 1, 2025, until further orders.

Singh, who is currently serving as the director general of Home Guards in Delhi, will succeed Sanjay Arora, who retired from service on Thursday after leading the force since August 1, 2022.

On Thursday afternoon, Singh arrived at the Delhi Police headquarters where he met Arora and completed necessary procedur...