Vishnu Dayal Ram


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

Personal Life

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

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.

Allegations

He was alleged for playing the key role in 'Operation Gangaajal' 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.

Politics

After retirement, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party and won 2014 Lok Sabha election from Palamu. And again in 17th Lok Sabha elections he won from same seat.
Also served in Parliamentary Committees -
Bollywood film, 'Gangaajal', directed by Prakash Jha was loosely based on his life and the incident.