Police Commissioner of Kolkata

Chief of the Kolkata Police Force

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Commissioner of Kolkata Police Force

Insignia of Commissioner of Police

Incumbent
Vineet Kumar Goyal, IPS
since Jan 1, 2022

Kolkata Police Force
Style| The Learned Commissioner of Police
Abbreviation| Ld. CP
Residence| 2, Loudon Street, Kolkata
Seat| Lalbazar, Kolkata
Appointer| Government of West Bengal
Constituting instrument| The Calcutta Police Act, 1866
Formation| 1856
First holder| S. Wauchope
Salary| HAG scale (Level 15)
Website| kolkatapolice.gov.in

The commissioner of police, Kolkata is the chief of the Kolkata Police. The Kolkata police commissioner is appointed by the Government of West Bengal and reports independently to the home secretary of the state. The headquarter is at 18, Lal Bazar Street, near B.B.D. Bagh area of Central Kolkata.

The commissioner is an Indian Police Service officer of the rank of Additional Director General (ADG) of Police. The person heads the almost 35,000 strong metropolitan police force in a jurisdiction consisting of approximately 243 km2 area and is the home to 14,617,992 people (2011 census figures).

## List of commissioners of police, Kolkata[edit]

Sl.No | Name | Terms of office | Badge name

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1 | S. Wauchope | 1856–1863 |
2 | V. H. Shalch | 1863–1866 |
3 | Sir Stuart Hogg | 1866–1876 |
4 | C. T. Metcalfe | 1876–1881 |
5 | Henry Harrison | 1881–1889 |
6 | Sir John Lambert | 1889–1897 |
7 | A. H. James | 1897–1901 |
8 | E. M. Showera | 1901–1902 |
9 | R. D. O. Bignell | 1902–1905 |
10 | Sir Frederick Loch Halliday | 1905–1916 |
11 | Sir Reginald Clarke | 1916–1923 |
12 | Sir Charles Tegart | 1923–1931 |
13 | L. H. Colson | 1931–1939 |
14 | Sir C. E. S. Fairweather | 1939–1943 |
15 | R. E. A. Ray | 1943–1946 |
16 | D. R. Hardwick | 1946–1947 |
17 | Surendra Nath Chatterjee | 1947–1951 | S. N. CHATTERJEE [a]
18 | H. S. Ghosh Chaudhuri | 1951–1960 |
19 | U. Mukherjee | 1960–1962 |
20 | S. M. Ghosh | 1962–1964 |
21 | P. K. Sen | 1964–1967 |
22 | Ranjit Kumar Gupta | 1967–1971 |
23 | R. N. Chatterjee | 1971–1972 |
24 | S. C. Chaudhuri | 1972–1976 |
25 | S. Basu | 1976–1978 |
26 | S. K. Sinha | 1978–1980 |
27 | N. Som | 1980–1984 |
28 | B. K. Basu | 1984–1988 |
29 | B. K. Saha | 1988–1992 |
30 | T. K. Talukdar | 1992–1996 |
31 | D. C. Vajpai | 1996–2001 |
32 | S. K. Chakravarti | 2001–2004 |
33 | Prasun Mukherjee | 17 Oct 2004 – 2007 | PRASUN MUKHERJEE
34 | Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti | 17 Oct 2007 – 16 Mar 2011 | GAUTAM
35 | Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda | 17 Mar 2011 – 14 Feb 2013 | R. K. PACHNANDA
36 | Surajit Kar Purkayastha | 14 Feb 2013 – 13 Feb 2016 | SURAJIT
37 | Rajeev Kumar | 14 Feb 2016 – 12 April 2016 | RAJEEV
38 | Soumen Mitra | 13 April 2016 – 21 May 2016 | SOUMEN MITRA[1]
(37) | Rajeev Kumar | 21 May 2016 – 19 February 2019 | RAJEEV[2]
39 | Anuj Sharma | 19 February 2019 – 5 April 2019 | ANUJ[3]
40 | Dr. Rajesh Kumar | 6 April 2019 – 26 May 2019 | DR. RAJESH
(39) | Anuj Sharma | 26 May 2019 – 6 Feb 2021 | ANUJ
(38) | Soumen Mitra | 6 Feb 2021–31 Dec 2021 | SOUMEN MITRA[4]
41 | Vineet Kumar Goyal | 1 Jan 2022—Incumbent |

## See also[edit]

* Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate
* Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City
* Commissioner of Police, Delhi

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ He was the first Indian origin Police Commissioner

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Rajeev Kumar removed, Soumen Mitra new CP of Kolkata", Times of India
2. ^ Munish Chandra Pandey (3 February 2019). "Why Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar is under CBI's scanner?". India Today.
3. ^ Debashish Konar (19 February 2019). "Anuj Sharma appointed new Kolkata police chief". Times of India.
4. ^ "Major IPS reshuffle: West Bengal govt appoints Soumen Mitra as new chief of Kolkata Police". 6 February 2021.

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