Senior IPS officer Alok Kumar Verma will be the following Commissioner of Delhi Police. He will succeed officeholder B S Bassi, who will hang his boots on February 29.

About Alok Kumar Verma:

A 1979-cluster Union Territory unit officer, 58-year-old Verma is right now serving as DG of Tihar jail.

He will serve as the top cop of the national capital for 17 months.