Former Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi during his farewell parade downplayed the criticism as a “misunderstanding” that the Delhi Police works under political pressure. Bassi said: “While I take your leave as the Delhi Commissioner, I would like to clarify that Delhi Police does not work under any political pressure. Please remove that misunderstanding.”
“It would be wrong to say that Delhi Police has unbridled power with it,” he added. Bassi was speaking at his farewell function held in New Delhi.
“Those who have questions regarding Delhi Police’s autonomy, I want to take them back to history,” said the officer, who retired on Monday after a three-year term as the Delhi Police Commissioner.
Bassi also thanked his entire team of Delhi Police for being a firm support and wished them success for their future endeavours.
“The Delhi Police is a great force, the support of my 80,000 plus-strong personnel has been my biggest strength. They never allowed work pressure to take a toll on me,” he asserted.
Bassi further said that the people from different parts of India live in Delhi, adding the police are committed to serve them all with the same sense of duty. “Be it a department or an individual, all have negatives and positives. It’s our duty to encourage positives and work towards reducing negatives,” he said.