The Hindu : Fond farewell to Gupta

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Sunday, Feb 01, 2004

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Fond farewell to Gupta

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, JAN. 31. Radhey Shyam Gupta, who retired from the post of Delhi Police Commissioner today, said he would like to take a breather before chalking out his future. He expressed satisfaction over his performance and hoped that the force would continue to grow.

Mr. Gupta, the only Commissioner of Police to retire from the post so far, said he had delivered on every count. The challenges before the new dispensation would grow, Mr. Gupta said and added that he was confident the force would be able to deal with it. "It is a continuous process and the force is going to improve," said Mr. Gupta.

Earlier, Mr. Gupta inspected a farewell parade at New Police Lines in Kingsway Camp. Addressing his men and officers, Mr. Gupta thanked them for supporting him not only when he was the Police Commissioner, but also throughout his service.

Mr. Gupta said a lot of effort had gone in the past couple of years to create a people-friendly image of the police. "However, we have only been able to make a beginning and a lot more is required to be done on this count," he said, adding that the key to police success lay in their good relations with the common man.

Later, in the evening, his senior colleagues presented him bouquets and pulled his official car with the help of ropes out of the Police Headquarters as a mark of respect.

Mr. Gupta, who was credited with supervising successful investigations after the Red Fort Attack and the December 13 attack on Parliament House, has now been made the chief of the committee constituted by the Central Government to inquire into the Burail jail-break incident in Punjab. Four inmates, including the three accused of killing Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, had escaped by digging tunnels from their cell on January 24.

Mr. Gupta had joined the Indian Police Service in 1968 after serving for some time as a lecturer at Sri Ram College of Commerce.

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