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Neeraj Kumar is one of the country’s most distinguished Police officers who retired recently. He completed his undergraduate and post- graduate studies from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi in 1975, and joined the IPS in 1976.
As Commissioner of Police, Delhi, he deftly handled sensitive law and order situations including agitations by Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, and the public protests and upsurge following the Nirbhaya Case. The said case of gang-rape was solved within three days and all accused arrested. The case was charge-sheeted in record time of ten days and ended in conviction of all accused who were sentenced to death, a verdict confirmed by the Honourable Delhi High Court.
During his tenure as CP/Delhi he introduced innovative initiatives such as YUVA (an effort to wean young adults away from crime), Aapka Update, a scheme to keep complainants updated on the status of police action taken on complaints filed by them and Jan Sampark - a programme wherein senior officers met members of public regularly at neutral venues.
During his nine year tenure in the CBI, he was actively involved in investigating and successfully concluding a number of important trans-national operations and cases. These included investigating the Mumbai blasts of 1993 (he brought the Memon brothers to justice), the serial train blasts of 1994, the unearthing of the massive UTI scam, the first set of the major investigations into cricket match fixing, and the arrest of the key conspirator in the assassination of the Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Beant Singh. His work in combating Pakistan sponsored terrorism in India is noteworthy, particularly the arrest and deportation of Aftab Ansari, the key conspirator behind the terrorist strike on the American Centre, Kolkata in 2002.
He represented India when the UN Convention on Trans-national Organised Crime was being deliberated in Vienna. The Government of India he recognized his work by awarding him the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 1993 and the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 1999.
