Who is Satish Golcha, brought in as Delhi Police chief after attack on Rekha Gupta?
He is a 1992-batch IPS officer from the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territories) cadre.
He replaces senior IPS officer Shashi Bhushan Kumar Singh. Singh, the Director General of Home Guards, was given additional charge as Delhi Police Chief following the retirement of his predecessor, Sanjay Arora. Singh took charge of the force on August 1.
The move comes a day after Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked during a Jan Sunwai (public hearing) meeting at her Civil Lines Camp Office, adjacent to her official residence, by a man from Gujarat.
A notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday stated, 'With the approval of the competent authority, Shri Satish Golcha, IPS (AGMUT 1992), presently posted as Director General (Prisons), Delhi, is hereby appointed to the post of the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, with effect from the date of assumption of charge and until further orders.'
Born on April 30, 1967, Golcha took charge of the city's prisons on May 1, 2024.
He was initially appointed on an interim basis after major gang wars and murders were reported in the jail. His appointment was later regularised.
Before this, he was the Special Commissioner (Intelligence) in the Delhi Police and also served as the Director General of Police (DGP) in Arunachal Pradesh.
Golcha also served as the Special CP, Law and Order, during the 2020 riots in Northeast Delhi.
Following the attack on the CM, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) took charge of her security from the Delhi Police late Wednesday night. It is providing 'Z' category security cover to her.
A source said the decision to hand over security to the CRPF was taken after an initial inquiry found major security lapses behind Wednesday's incident and the alleged non-activity of security personnel of the Delhi Police when the incident took place.
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