Vishnu Dayal Ram

Vishnu Dayal Ram, is former Director General Police of Jharkhand and Indian politician.

Vishnu Dayal Ram
Member of the India Parliament
for Palamu
Assumed office
1 September 2014
ConstituencyPalamu
Director General of Police Jharkhand
In office
4 August 2007 – 13 January 2010
Personal details
Born (1951-07-23) 23 July 1951
Nainijor, Buxar, Bihar
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Smt. Pushpa Dayal
Children3
ResidenceRanchi, Jharkhand, India
Alma materNetarhat Residential School and Patna College
OccupationCivil Servant
As of 15 December, 2016
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Personal Life

Vishnu Dayal Ram on 23 July, 1951 in Paswan caste to Mukha Ram and Ramrati Devi at Nainijor, Bihar.[1]

Civil services

He is a 1973 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre and had served as DGP of Jharkhand Police twice from 1 July 2005 to 27 September 2006 and from 4 August 2007 to 13 January 2010. He has earlier served as SP of Bhagalpur and SSP of Patna.[2]

Allegations

He was alleged for playing the key role in 'Operation Gangaajal' (1980 Bhagalpur blindings) against local criminals in which 33 were blinded by policemen in Bhagalpur district. Though no evidence found against him even in CBI enquiry and search committees.[3]

Politics

After retirement, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party and won 2014 Lok Sabha election from Palamu (Lok Sabha constituency).[4] And again in 17th Lok Sabha elections he won from same seat.[5]

Also served in Parliamentary Committees[6] -

  • Member, Standing Committee on Water Resources
  • Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal
  • Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs
  • Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex
  • Member, Committee on Public Accounts
  • Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs
  • Member, Rules Committee

Bollywood film, 'Gangaajal', directed by Prakash Jha was loosely based on his life and the incident.[7]

References
  1. Manoj, C. L. (29 April 2019). "Jharkhand polls: Internal fights, tricky social math worry all". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. "Ex-DGP Ram & 2 more IPS officers retire | Ranchi News - Times of India".
  3. "Former cop, Bhagalpur SP during 'Op Gangajal', joins BJP". Indian Express. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  4. Apr 28, Jaideep Deogharia | TNN |; 2013; Ist, 12:08. "Former 'Gangajal' top cop Ram joins BJP | Ranchi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 June 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabha.nic.in. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  6. "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  7. Apr 28, Jaideep Deogharia | TNN |; 2013; Ist, 12:08. "Former 'Gangajal' top cop Ram joins BJP | Ranchi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 June 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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