Outgoing Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on his controversial tenure: Highlights

New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar, who retires on July 31, talks to NDTV about his controversial tenure.

Following are the highlights of his interview:

(On 2000 match-fixing scam)

• No involvement of any Indian players
• Group of bookies had access to South African players, not Indian players
• Confusion in the minds of common people
• This case is a separate matter
• Group of bookies led by Hamid Qasim and Sanjiv Chawla targeted South African players
• Mohammad Azharuddin case was just an inquiry, not an investigation. It was never sent to court
• We had other people too under suspicion but never got evidence to prosecute them
  
  (On IPL match-fixing)
  
• We still have a few bookies to catch, if something substantial comes up we will file a chargesheet against them too
  
  

• Won't like to name people with vested interest against me
• These were people I booked when I was in the CBI, they are very powerful
• They've been after me since 2000
• After 10 months of my tenure as police they went to court challenging my appointment
• Fortunately the Delhi High Court court rule was in my favour
• Will see about sharing evidence against these people once I retire
• Yet to take a decision whether to name them or not, but I have the names, the sequence of evidence
• Maybe will share the details with media soon

(On crime in Delhi)

• Most definitely can say this city is now safer for women
• Have put into place a system which is in two parts: One is the response part and other is the preventive part
• Preventive part - we have more PCR vans, have identified routes frequented by working women late at night, intensified patrolling
• We have list of people with past records of violence against women
• At every police station we have a 24x7 help desk where a woman can go and lodge a report
• If a cognizable case is made out, irrespective of jurisdiction, FIR is registered and matter taken up
• Number of registered cases of crime against women have gone up
• This is an indication of fact that our system of response to a woman in distress is much better and working