NEW DELHI: Bhim Sain Bassi, a 1977-batch IPS officer, was on Tuesday named as the next commissioner of Delhi Police, with the government choosing to stick to seniority as a criterion to pick the next top cop. He takes over the job on August 1 and will be at the helm for over two-and-a-half years, giving a much-needed stability to the 85,000-strong force. He is currently the special commissioner (administration).
Bassi, the 19th commissioner of Delhi Police, will succeed Neeraj Kumar, who will retire this month after nearly a year-long eventful tenure, which was marked by the December 16 Nirbhaya gang-rape outrage and its aftermath.
Bassi takes over the reins of the force at a time when it has faced criticism on the issue of providing security to Delhi residents, especially women. His major challenges include bringing down cases of sexual violence against women and children, fighting terror and curbing crimes on roads.
There was some speculation that the Union home ministry may choose to appoint a woman as the commissioner to send out a gender message, but that didn't happen. The MHA chose Bassi over two other contenders - Kamaljeet Deol and Vimla Mehra - who were on the shortlist. While Deol is posted as director general (investigation) at National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Vimla Mehra is director general of Tihar jail.
A Shri Ram College of Commerce alumnus, Bassi also holds a LLB degree and has several years of experience under his belt. He has served in various capacities in Delhi Police: in the security wing, a high-profile district such as New Delhi, the crime-prone district of Northeast, the challenging Southern Range, traffic, vigilance and finally administration. In between, he also served as IGP, Chandigarh (2000-2002) and DGP of Goa (2009 to 2011). The senior IPS officer of AGMU (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories) cadre is due to retire in February 2016.
While his daughter, a doctor, is interning in the US, his son studies management at Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) in DU. His wife, Sunira Bassi, was instrumental in computerizing Indian Railways as part of the 1982 batch of Indian Railways Traffic Service.
Bassi's father was in a government employee. Born in Delhi, Bassi's first posting was as assistant SP, Pondicherry in 1980. He became an SP in Arunachal the next year. He returned to the capital in 1984 as additional DCP and was posted in New Delhi district - a place he virtually grew up in
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