Guwahati Police Commissionerate

Department of Assam police

Law enforcement agency

Guwahati Police Commissionerate

Motto| Maintain order, prevent and detect crime by enforcing law firmly and impartially, without fear or favor, prejudice or vindictiveness
Agency overview
Formed| 1 January 2015; 9 years ago (2015-01-01)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction| Guwahati, Assam, Kamrup Metropolitan District, India

Guwahati

class=notpageimage|

Location of Guwahati in Assam

Legal jurisdiction| Kamrup Metropolitan District
Governing body| Government of Assam
General nature|

* Local civilian police

Operational structure
Headquarters| Guwahati, Panbazar, 781001
Agency executive|

* Diganta Barah, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Guwahati City

Parent agency| Assam Police
Website
Police Commissionerate, Guwahati[1]

The Guwahati Police Commissionerate is the law enforcement agency for the city of Guwahati, Assam, India. It is headed by the Commissioner of Police.

## Creation

[edit]

The Commissionerate of Police in Guwahati was formed on 1 January 2015.[1] It is still in its early stages.[citation needed]

## Re-organization

[edit]

Due to the rapid increase in population, there has been a steady increase in crime.[citation needed] In view of the above the following structure has been instituted:

* The disciplinary and administrative control of the force is being held by the Commissioner of Police, having powers and functions of Additional District Magistrate.[citation needed]
* The city has been divided into three police districts: the West Police District, the East Police District and the Central Police District, headed by the Superintendent of Police ranked officers, known as the Deputy Commissioners of Police.[citation needed]
* The West Police District comprises one DCP, one ADCP (Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police) and ACP (Assistant Commissioner of Police) Azara, Guwahati and ACP Jalukbari.[citation needed]
* The East Police District comprises one DCP, one ADCP and ACP Basistha, ACP Sonapur, Assam and ACP Dispur.[citation needed]
* The Central Police District comprises one DCP, one ADCP and ACP Pan Bazaar, ACP Chandmari and ACP Noonmati.[citation needed]
* The All Women police station is being headed by the ACP Women Unit.[citation needed]
* Each police station is under the care of Inspector of Police who is the Station House Officer (S.H.O.), and performs all the duties and exercises all the powers of the S.H.O., except that of Pragjyotishpur, Guwahati PS and Sonapur, Assam Police Stations where Sub-Inspector ranked officers are Officers-in-Charge.[citation needed]
* The Crime Branch is being headed by one DCP known as DCP crime and one ADCP (Crime) and ACP Crime and ACP Cybercrime.[citation needed]
* The Traffic Branch is being headed by one DCP known as DCP Traffic, and two ADCPs and three ACPs.[2]

[3] [4] [5]

## List of Police Commissioners

[edit]

S. NO |  Name |  Duration of service

|
|

1\.  | Jyotirmay Chakravarty (IPS)  | 1 Jan 2015 – 16 Jun 2015
2\.  | Mukesh Agarwal (IPS)  | 16 Jun 2015 – 26 Aug 2016
3\.  | Hiren Chandra Nath (IPS)  | 27 Aug 2016 – 31 March 2018
4\.  | Pradip Chandra Saloi (IPS)  | 1 April 2018 – 31 Dec 2018
5\.  | Deepak Kumar (IPS)  | 31 Dec 2018- 13 Dec 2019
6\.  | M. P. Gupta (IPS)  | 13 Dec 2019 - 14 July 2021
7\.  | Harmeet Singh (IPS)  | 14 July 2021 - 16 Dec 2022
8\.  | Diganta Barah (IPS)  | 16 Dec 2022 to present

## External links

[edit]

* Official website

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Chakravarty to be Guwahati's first Police Commissioner". Business Standard.
2. ^ "Officers List, Police Commissionerate, Guwahati". Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
3. ^ "Police Commissionerate Guwahati". guwahaticitypolice.gov.in.
4. ^ "Magisterial powers for Guwahati top cop". Archived from the original on 28 June 2015.
5. ^ "Assam Police". www.assampolice.gov.in.

* v
* t
* e

Law enforcement in India

Background|

| Indian criminal law|

* Indian Penal Code (IPC)
* Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
* Cognisable offence
* Capital punishment
* Judiciary of India
* Law of India
* History of Indian law

|

Indian Civil Law|

* Code of Civil Procedure (India) (CPC)

Crime tracking and records:|

* Call 112
* Criminal record
* National Crime Records Bureau
* Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS)
* Sex offender registry
* United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Police related issues:|

* Police Complaints Authority in India
* Police brutality in India
* Police Foundations and Institutes
* Mass surveillance in India
* Human rights in India

Crime in India|

* Corruption
* Crime against castes
* Crime against children
* Crime against women
* Rapes
* Suicide
* Organised crime
* Political and financial criminal scams
* Political dynasties
* Nexus: Terrorism, Drugs, Hawala, Underworld, Black money, Hindi cinema, Politicians, Paid media

Police services:|

* Indian Police Service
* Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service
* Provincial Police Service (Uttar Pradesh)
* Provincial Police Service (Uttarakhand)
* West Bengal Police Service

Flag of India

Ministries &
departments|

| Central|

* Ministry of Home Affairs

|

States|

* Bihar
* Kerala
* Maharashtra
* Tamil Nadu
* Uttar Pradesh
* West Bengal

Armed Police
Forces|

| Central|

* Assam Rifles
* Border Security Force
* Central Industrial Security Force
* Central Reserve Police Force
* Commando Battalion for Resolute Action
* Rapid Action Force
* Indo-Tibetan Border Police
* National Security Guard
* Sashastra Seema Bal

|

State|

* Eastern Frontier Rifles
* Kerala Armed Police
* Mizoram Armed Police
* Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary
* Uttarakhand Provincial Armed Constabulary

Central
agencies|

| Law enforcement|

| UTs|

* Andaman and Nicobar
* Chandigarh
* Delhi
* Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
* Jammu and Kashmir
* Ladakh
* Lakshadweep
* Puducherry

|

Other|

* Home Guard
* Government Railway Police
* Railway Protection Force (RPF)
* Special Protection Group

Intelligence|

* Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)
* Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)
* Intelligence Bureau (IB)
* Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC)
* National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO)
* Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW)
* Special Group
* Special Frontier Force

Investigation|

* Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation
* Investigation Division of the Central Board of Direct Taxes
* Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
* Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN)
* Enforcement Directorate (ED)
* Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
* National Investigation Agency (NIA)
* National Counter Terrorism Centre
* Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)

Research and Training|

* Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)
* Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA)

State police
forces|

* Andhra Pradesh
* Arunachal Pradesh
* Assam
* Bihar
* Chhattisgarh
* Goa
* Gujarat
* Haryana
* Himachal Pradesh
* Jharkhand
* Karnataka
* Kerala
* Madhya Pradesh
* Maharashtra
* Manipur
* Meghalaya
* Mizoram
* Nagaland
* Odisha
* Punjab
* Rajasthan
* Sikkim
* Tamil Nadu
* Telangana
* Tripura
* Uttar Pradesh
* Uttarakhand
* West Bengal

Police
Commissionerates|

| North|

| Uttar Pradesh|

* Agra
* Gautam Buddha Nagar
* Ghaziabad
* Kanpur Nagar
* Lucknow
* Prayagraj
* Varanasi

|

Haryana|

* Faridabad
* Gurugram
* Panchkula

Punjab|

* Amritsar
* Ludhiana
* Jalandhar

Madhya Pradesh|

* Bhopal
* Indore

East|

| West Bengal|

* Asansol–Durgapur
* Barrackpore
* Bidhannagar
* Chandannagar
* Howrah
* Kolkata
* Siliguri

|

Odisha|

* Bhubaneswar–Cuttack

West|

| Maharashtra|

* Mumbai
* Nagpur
* Pune

|

Gujarat|

* Ahmedabad City
* Surat
* Rajkot
* Vadodara

Rajasthan|

* Jaipur
* Jodhpur

South|

| Andhra Pradesh|

* Vijayawada
* Visakhapatnam

|

Karnataka|

* Bangalore

Kerala|

* Kannur
* Kochi
* Kollam
* Kozhikode
* Thiruvananthapuram
* Thrissur

Tamil Nadu|

* Greater Chennai
* Avadi
* Tambaram
* Coimbatore
* Tiruchirappalli
* Salem

Telangana|

* Cyberabad
* Hyderabad
* Karimnagar
* Khammam
* Nizamabad
* Rachakonda
* Ramagundam
* Siddipet
* Warangal

Northeast|

| Assam|

* Guwahati

|

See also|

* Indian Armed Forces and Indian Military
* Indian nationality law
* Legal aid
* List of police tactical units in India
* Legal rights and other NGOs in India
* Uniform Civil Code
* Number of police officers by nations
* Global emergency phone numbers

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template