Neeraj Kumar

Quick Facts

Full Name	Neeraj Kumar
Occupation	Police Officer
Date Of Birth	Jul 4, 1953(1953-07-04)
Age	71
Country	India
Birth City	Patna
Horoscope	Cancer

Neeraj Kumar Biography

Neeraj Kumar is one of the most popular and richest Police Officer who was born on July 4, 1953 in Patna, India. Shri Bishwanath Sahay, Smt. Pushpa Sahay was born in Patna, Bihar. He attended Sainik School in Tilaiya and completed his education. He graduated from St. Stephens College in Delhi in 1973 and continued his studies at the University of Delhi. After completing his studies, he joined Indian Police Services (IPS).

For the next two years (1980-1982), he was posted to Bomdila as Superintendent of Police, Arunachal Pradesh.

Kumar has undertaken various foreign assignments and training session as part of the Delhi Police. He went to Tokyo (Japan) for three weeks in 1985 for a training programme on Traffic Police Management and attended a course on Post Blast Investigations organized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI at Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1997.

He was decorated with the President’s Police Medal in 1992 and President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 1999 and has also been felicitated by Luton Cricket Club, United Kingdom for “making cricket a better arena to play in” in 2013.

Kumar was a distinguished 37-year veteran of the police force. He served in Delhi and Arunachal as well as Mizoram, Mizoram, and Goa. In 1979, he was appointed the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Chanankya Puri subdivision of New Delhi. He was promoted to the rank of Superintendent of Police (Bomdila) in Arunachal Pradesh. In 1982, he was called to Delhi to assist with the arrangements for the Asian Games police force. He received many recommendations. As Deputy Commissioner for Police Traffic (DCP), he introduced many innovations, including PrePaid taxi service at Airport (operational until date), free eye camps to truck drivers, and introduction of microprocessor-based traffic signals. As DCP/South, his investigation revealed the serial crimes committed by an old criminal tribe, where victims were being bludgeoned in their sleep, and then looted.

Neeraj Kumar Net Worth

Neeraj Kumar is one of the richest Police Officer from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Neeraj Kumar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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

He was appointed as the first Assistant Commissioner of Police in Chanakya Puri (New Delhi) after completing his probation. He was there for one year, from 1979 to 1980.

He was summoned back to Delhi in 1982 for police arrangements to be made for the Asian Games, for which he received several commendations. 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. 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. 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. As DCP/Crime he cracked the massive multi crore racket in state run lotteries in 1992.

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Neeraj Kumar is the former Commissioner of Delhi Police, who retired from the Indian Police Service (IPS) on 31 July 2013. He belonged to 1976 batch and AGMUT (Arunachal-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories) cadre. He recently completed his tenure as the Chief Advisor to the BCCI for their Anti Corruption & Security Unit (ACSU).

Facts & Trivia

Neeraj Ranked on the list of most popular Police Officer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Neeraj Kumar celebrates birthday on July 4 of every year.

His book ‘Dial D for Don’ published by Penguin Random House in 2015 is a runaway hit and figures on several bestseller lists. Kumar has recounted in the book the stories of eleven police operations that he conducted in the CBI. The book has received raving reviews from several quarters.