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 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 2,88,807 votes in 2024 Lok Sabha
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.
