Overview

• Appointed by the Home Ministry on August 21, Golcha replaces SBK Singh, whose acting tenure as police chief lasted 21 days after Sanjay Arora’s retirement.
• Golcha assumed office on August 22, met senior officers and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, and scheduled a citywide crime review with top brass.
• Following the attack on the chief minister, the CRPF has taken over her protection and is providing Z-category security.
• The accused attacker, Rajeshbhai Khimjibhai Sakariya from Rajkot, was arrested at the scene and faces an attempt-to-murder case; he remains in custody.
• A seasoned hand in prisons, intelligence and law and order—including as Special CP during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots—Golcha’s appointment timing is being debated, with MHA sources denying it was triggered by the assault.