Amulya Kumar Patnaik (born 15 January 1960) is a former

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officer who served as the 21st Commissioner of Delhi Police from 30 January 2017 till 29 February 2020.

Career and Education

Patnaik born on 15 January 1960, who hails from Odisha. He has done his graduation in

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from

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in 1979 and masters in same subject from

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in 1981. He is a 1985 batch

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officer of AGMUT cadre. His first posting as IPS was ACP Najafgarh (Delhi) and has also served as SSP of

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from 1989-93. In January 2017, He became the 21st Police Commissioner of Delhi and served till February 2020 and was succeeded by S. N. Shrivastava. He has been severely criticized for his role in not controlling the riots in

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in February 2020. His tenure has been full of criticism as he was unable to control the Police-Lawyers clash in Delhi in 2019, JNU scuffle, Jamia scuffle and Gargi college molestation on 8 February 2020. He was set to retire in January 2020 but his term was extended due to 2020 Delhi legislative elections and

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. Prior to this, he was serving as the Special Commissioner of Police (Vigilance and Administration) in Delhi Police.

References

Living people Commissioners of Delhi Police 1960 births Indian Police Service officers {{India-bio-stub