Basu left the Metropolitan Police at the end of November 2022.[3]
Career
In 1992, Basu became a police officer, and spent his career serving in the Metropolitan Police Service.[4][5] He was the most senior serving British police officer of Asian heritage: his father was from Calcutta, India and his mother was from Wales.[6][7]
Following the resignation of Lynne Owens as director-general of the National Crime Agency, Basu was one of the final candidates under consideration to replace Owens, until the Home Office restarted the selection process in May 2022.[10]
In 2025, Basu called for a full public inquiry into group-based child sexual exploitation. He stressed they should not become "elongated"; he argued that "political correctness" stopped the police from doing their jobs, especially with regard to protecting white working-class children from abuse.[11]
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