Neeraj Kumar

Kumar was born on 4 July 1953 to Shri Bishwanath Sahay and Smt.

Pushpa Sahay in the city of Patna, Bihar.

He completed his schooling from Sainik School Tilaiya.

In 1973, he graduated from St. Stephens College, Delhi and further went on to pursue his post graduation from the same college of the University of Delhi.

On completion, he joined the Indian Police Services (IPS)

Neeraj Kumar belonged to 1976 batch and AGMUT (Arunachal-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories) cadre and has recently completed his tenure as the Chief Advisor to the BCCI for their Anti Corruption & Security Unit (ACSU).

During his distinguished career of 37 years, Kumar served in Delhi, Arunachal, Mizoram and Goa.

Kumar joined the Indian Police Service in 1976 as part of the AGMUT (Arunachal-Goa-Mizoram and other Union Territories) cadre.

After the completion of his probation, he was first posted as the Assistant Commissioner of Police at Chanakya Puri, New Delhi.

He started his career as The Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in the Chanankya Puri sub-division of New Delhi in 1979.

On promotion, he served in Arunachal Pradesh as the Superintendent of Police (Bomdila).

He served there for a year from 1979 to 1980.

He was then posted as the Superintendent of Police at Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh for next two years (1980-1982).

He was summoned to Delhi in 1982 to be a part of the police arrangements for the Asian Games, for which he received several commendations.

Subsequently, during his tenure as Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Traffic, he introduced several innovations including PrePaid taxi service at the Airport (operational till date), free eye camps for truck drivers, introduction of micro-processor based traffic signals etc. Subsequently, as DCP/South, he cracked the serial crimes being committed by an erstwhile criminal tribe wherein victims were being bludgeoned to death in their sleep and looted there after.

He was summoned back to Delhi in 1982 for police arrangements to be made for the Asian Games, for which he received several commendations.

From 1982 to 1993 he served in the Delhi Police in various important assignments viz.

Dy.

Commissioner of Police/Traffic, Dy.

Commissioner of Police/South and Dy.

He was later closely associated with the security arrangements during the Non Aligned Summit 1983, followed by The Commonwealth Heads of Govt.

(CHOGM) Meet later that year.

Commissioner of Police/Crime etc. His role in handling the 1984 riots as the Additional DCP of Central District was praised by various Commissions of Enquiry appointed by the Government to probe the role of the police during the riots.

During his tenure in Traffic Police, he introduced several innovations including the Pre Paid Taxi service at the Airport (operational till date), free eye camp for truck drivers, introduction of micro-processor based traffic signals etc. As DCP/South, he is remembered as a people friendly DCP, who cracked the serial crimes being committed by members of an erstwhile criminal tribe in which citizens were being bludgeoned to death in their sleep, and, thereafter, looted.

Ever since then the city has remained free of such crimes.

His role in containing the rioters during the Mandal agitation in South Delhi was widely acknowledged and appreciated.

In 1992, as DCP/Crime he unearthed the massive multi crore racket in state run lotteries.

As DCP/Crime he cracked the massive multi crore racket in state run lotteries in 1992.

In 1993, Kumar was promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police after which he was on deputation with the Central Bureau of Investigation till 2002.

He investigated several cases of terrorism, organized crime, economic crime and corruption.

As the Director General (Prisons) he introduced several measures such as "Padho aur Padhao" (First learn yourself and then teach others) and "Sparsh" for the welfare of jail inmates.

On promotion to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police in 1993, he proceeded on deputation to the Central Bureau of Investigation where he served until 2002.

In the CBI, he dealt with a wide variety of cases involving terrorism, organized crime, economic offences and corruption.

He led the investigations in the serial blasts that rocked Mumbai (then Bombay), which were handed over to the CBI by the Mumbai Police in Dec. 1993.

Under his leadership, the Special Task Force (or STF, created in the CBI to investigate the case) arrested seven members of the Memon family and sixteen other absconders.

The charge sheets filed, at the time by the CBI led to the conviction of 100 out of the 123 accused in the case.

Under his leadership, the STF also cracked the serial train blast cases of 1994.

which occurred on the first anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition in various prestigious trains, and unearthed a terrorist outfit called Ahle Hadees.

Neeraj Kumar is a former Commissioner of Delhi Police who retired from the Indian Police Service (IPS) on 31 July 2013.

He retired from office in 2013 from the post of CP, Delhi.