Summary: He did not indulge in a chat with the media persons who had assembled at the mess where a lunch and media interaction session, as the invite read, was being hosted by the Delhi Police. In the run up to the media interaction, there were verbal assurances from senior officers that the excercise meant the same and only the nomenclature had changed. Speculations put to restThis also put an end to speculations over whether the annual press conference, a trend followed for several years, will be held or not. Intially it was expected that after the change of guard, the press conference would be rescheduled. The supposed media interaction with Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik was anything but an interactive session as the recently appointed police chief hardly allocated any time for the journalists, save for the occasional exchange of plesantries.

The supposed media interaction with Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik was anything but an interactive session as the recently appointed police chief hardly allocated any time for the journalists, save for the occasional exchange of plesantries. In what was a strong indication of him staying away from the media and continuing the policy of his predecessor and current Central Bureau of Investigation Director Alok Verma, Mr. Patnaik, arrived and left soon after the session. He did not indulge in a chat with the media persons who had assembled at the mess where a lunch and media interaction session, as the invite read, was being hosted by the Delhi Police. Speculations put to rest This also put an end to speculations over whether the annual press conference, a trend followed for several years, will be held or not.

The annual press conference, which provided journalists across the city a chance to put forward their questions to the numero uno of Delhi Police, would not be held this year, said police officers. Past commissioners also made presentations on crime statistics while it would merely be the distribution of the annual report this year. Intially it was expected that after the change of guard, the press conference would be rescheduled. In the run up to the media interaction, there were verbal assurances from senior officers that the excercise meant the same and only the nomenclature had changed. The seven minutes that the journalists got to spend with the New Commissioner of Police on the day he took over was significantly more than the time allotted to them at Monday's event. Speaking to journalists later, some senior police officers reasoned that since Mr.

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