Guwahati to have first Police Commissioner by January 26

 

Five years after Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi mooted the idea of having a police commissionerate in the city following serial blasts by NDFB that killed more than 65 people in Guwahati alone, the city is likely to have its first police commissioner by January 26. The blasts had killed more than 100 people in the other parts of the State. State Commissioner and Secretary of Home Department G D Tripathi has said that the process to have a Police Commissioner in Guwahati is on. No bill in the Assembly is needed to set up the commissionerate.”  Section 7 of the Assam Police Act states that, the Police Commissioner to be appointed should not be below the rank of an Inspector General of Police (IGP). A source said the DGP has proposed appointment of an Additional Police Commissioner, two Joint Police Commissioners, besides Deputy Police Commissioners and Assistant Deputy Police Commissioners to assist the Police Commissioner.