From serving as the personal security officer (PSO) to former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar to being at the centre of a police protest over his transfer, suspended Delhi Police Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Manasvi Vashistha has had a varied career spanning central armed police forces and several assignments in the national capital.
The transfers triggered a protest by police personnel outside the Police Headquarters on Monday, with the demonstrators demanding the reinstatement of the two officers. An FIR was registered at the police station in connection with the incident. A 2019-batch officer of the Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service (DANIPS), Vashistha was suspended by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on November 2, hours after more than 100 police personnel, including women officers, gathered outside the Police Headquarters to protest against his transfer and that of Shahdara station house officer (SHO) Inspector Arun Kumar. Vashistha had earlier served as the PSO to Dhankhar until the latter resigned as Vice-President in 2025. On October 30, the police commissioner held a meeting with representatives of the Bar Council of Delhi and district court bar associations, following which a joint coordination and grievance redressal mechanism was proposed.
He was also part of the Delhi Police Security Unit and was involved in security arrangements for the AI Summit and the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to sources. A delegation of protesting personnel had also met Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar and submitted five demands, including action against lawyers involved in the Shahdara incident and registration of FIRs against lawyers who indulge in “hooliganism”.
Born and brought up in Jaipur, Vashistha comes from a family of doctors. He studied mechanical engineering at IIT Kharagpur between 2009 and 2013.
