Vishnu Dayal Ram
Vishnu Dayal Ram | |
|---|---|
| Member of parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Kameshwar Baitha |
| Constituency | Palamu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 July 1951 Nainijor, Buxar, Bihar |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Smt. Pushpa Dayal |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Netarhat Vidyalaya and Patna College |
| Occupation | Civil Servant |
As of 15 December, 2016 Source: | |
Vishnu Dayal Ram (Hindi pronunciation: [ʋɪʂɳʊ dəjaːl ɾaːm]) is a former director general police of Jharkhand state in India. He is a 1973 batch IPS officer 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.[1] After retirement, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party and won the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Palamu (Lok Sabha constituency).[2] Vishnu Dayal Ram of BJP registered a hat-trick on the Palamu Lok Sabha seat by registering a win against RJD's Mamta Bhuinya by a record margin of 288,807 votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
He's the chief accused of 1980 Bhagalpur blindings , also called Operation 𝘎𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘭 , an operation conducted by Bhagalpur Police from 1979 to 1980 , in order to stop the rising criminal cases in the district. But later revelations proved that the operation included detaining anyone on the basis of doubt , and attacking their eyes with a big needle , called 𝘚𝘶𝘷𝘢 in the local language and then throwing acid on their eyes by the help of a syringe , which the police called 𝘎𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘭 (Ganga's water). The operation has 33 registered victims till date. Being the SP of Bhagalpur Police , Ram is accused of crimes against Humanity by human rights activists.
References
- ↑ "Ex-DGP Ram & 2 more IPS officers retire | Ranchi News – Times of India". The Times of India. 30 July 2011.
- ↑ Pranav Pratyush (28 April 2013). "Ex-DGP VD Ram joins 'party with a difference'". The Daily Pioneer. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
