IPS officer S N Shrivastava has been appointed as the new Delhi Police Special Commissioner (Law and Order) after the Union Home Ministry repatriated him from the CRPF on Tuesday night, 25 February, amid the violence in northeast Delhi over CAA.
Shrivastava, a 1985-batch AGMUT cadre officer, is tipped to take over as the new Delhi Police chief after incumbent Amulya Patnaik's extended tenure ends on 29 February.
An order issued by the Home Department of the Delhi government said the officer is being appointed to the Delhi Police post with "immediate effect".
The Central Reserve Police Force, where Shrivastava was serving as the Special Director General (Training), also issued an order reliving the officer to join the new post after the Home Ministry ordered his premature repatriation from the paramilitary force.
In the past, Shrivastava has served as Special DG Jammu and Kashmir Zone of CRPF.
Shrivastava joined the elite Special Cell of Delhi Police in 2012. During his tenure, he arrested around 35 terrorists from four separate modules from Indian Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba, said a senior police officer.
But he faced criticism as Special Cell head in Liaquat Shah case when National Investigation Agency recommended departmental action against 4-5 Special Cell officials for allegedly fabricating a terrorist case against Shah from Hizbul Mujahideen.
He was later transferred to Recruitment Cell and Delhi Armed Police 3rd Battalion.
Officials said Shrivastava, who has served the Delhi Police in various capacities in the past, has joined the new posting and is already interacting with police officials to control the violence that has engulfed parts of northeast Delhi since the last two days and has claimed 11 lives including that of a policeman.
(With inputs from PTI)
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