You can reach Ahmedabad's new police commissioner on 89800 02800

If you are among the millions of Amdavadis who find the police unresponsive, you can reach out directly to the city’s new police commissioner, Sudhir Sinha. The 1976 batch IPS officer, who was ADGP (Law and Order) before he was made Ahmedabad police commissioner, took charge on Wednesday from outgoing chief of city police Amitabh Pathak.

After taking charge as Ahmedabad police commissioner, Sinha told media persons that, from Monday, anyone can call him on his personal mobile phone between 7 pm and 10 pm if he needs police help. Sinha’s personal mobile number is 8980002800.

“And I will answer the calls myself,” Sinha told reporters.
But for that people will have to wait till next Monday when he is to be relieved from three additional charges. “I will be busy till Monday. But from Monday I will be able to attend to the calls myself,” he said.  Further, people can simply walk into his office from Monday between 11 am and 2 pm to meet him without any prior appointment.

Sinha took charge at 11:02 am on Wednesday. He said that his priority as the city police chief would be to be as close to the people as he could and to help them sort out their problems.  “People face problems in dealing with the police, especially while filing complaints. At such times, they can contact me directly on my mobile phone,” he said. 

“If an officer doesn’t register a complaint, it doesn’t necessarily mean he is corrupt. More often, he is under pressure because of additional work,” the police commissioner said.

He said that to tackle the work pressure at the police stations, at least 2-3 policemen will be assigned mainly to look into the non-cognizable complaints so that every complainant coming to a police station is attended satisfactorily.