August 02, 2022 11:02 am
Sanjay Arora was also part of the Tamil Nadu Police Special Task Force, which was set up to hunt down forest brigand Veerappan.
August 01, 2022 7:15 am
Arora has been awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2004, President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2014, Police Special Duty Medal, Antrik Suraksha Padak, and UN Peacekeeping Medal.
July 31, 2022 2:14 pm
The Centre appointed the 1984-batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer Asthana as the new Delhi Police commissioner last year, four days before his scheduled retirement.
July 31, 2022 8:46 am
Decision to upgrade the interrogation procedure comes after the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in May.
July 04, 2022 1:59 am
Delhi Police chief Rakesh Asthana, who took charge on July 28, reviewed the audit report conducted by the police headquarters and found that Delhi Police has a staff crunch of 21.03% across its 15 districts — 33,833 personnel against a sanctioned strength of 42,847.
April 20, 2022 7:36 am
On Monday, Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana had assured that the probe would be carried out without bias. “We will take action on anyone against whom evidence of involvement is found — irrespective of religion, creed, caste and community," he said.
April 19, 2022 2:24 am
Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana denied the allegation that the violence erupted after saffron flags were installed at a mosque in the area. “A minor argument led to the violence in the Jahangirpuri area. The theory of saffron flags being installed at a mosque is not true,” said Asthana.
April 16, 2022 2:15 pm
The incident came to light after a designer identified as Kunal Merchant claimed on Instagram that he had received an e-mail from one Vivek Kumar, who posed as the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister and asked him to design a table specifically for the PM.
March 02, 2022 1:39 am
Asthana said the 54 cases were registered by the Delhi Police, and they have filed chargesheet in five cases. Another five cases have been marked as ‘untraced’, while 44 cases are under investigation.
February 10, 2022 8:26 am
Asthana has also given appreciation letters to eight police officers, including the current Northeast Delhi DCP Sanjay Kumar Sain, for “improving the quality of investigation in riot cases and for their prosecution”.
July 31, 2022 10:54 pm
Sanjay Arora to be new police commissioner of Delhi replacing Rakesh Asthana
June 22, 2020 6:12 pm
In this episode of Express Eye for Detail, a look at the battle within the CBI, the AIADMK gets a breather and Virat Kohli becomes the fastest batsman to reach the 10,000-run mark.
June 22, 2020 6:12 pm
Four men were caught allegedly snooping outside the residence of CBI's Alok Verma. Intelligence Bureau denies its involvement.
October 25, 2018 7:32 pm
Four men were caught allegedly snooping outside the residence of CBI's Alok Verma. Intelligence Bureau denies its involvement.
June 22, 2020 6:13 pm
The CBI director, Alok Verma, was investigating several key cases, including a complaint about the controversial Rafale deal, when the government suddenly sent him on leave.
June 22, 2020 6:13 pm
In a midnight move, the government on Wednesday sent CBI director Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana on leave after weeks of infighting rocked the investigating agency.