Alok Verma takes charge as Delhi Police chief
Senior IPS officer Alok Kumar Verma today took charge as the new Police Commissioner of Delhi. This follows former Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi's retirement who said on his day of tenure that it is a 'misunderstanding' that the men in uniform work under 'political pressure'. Verma, who is currently Director General (Prisons), will hold the post till July 2017.