15 Facts About Arup Patnaik

Arup Patnaik was born on 8 September 1955 and is a retired Indian Police Service officer who served as the 36th Police Commissioner of Mumbai.

Arup Patnaik retired on 30 September 2015 after a 36-year career in the Maharashtra Police.

Arup Patnaik is a recipient of the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2003 and the Indian Police Medal for meritorious services in 1994.

Arup Patnaik was born on 8 September 1955 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Arup Patnaik studied up to Class 6 in Cuttack's Pyarimohan Academy and later attended Mayo College, Ajmer, from where he passed his Indian School Certificate examination in 1971.

Arup Patnaik received the National Science Talent Search Scholarship awarded by the NCERT.

Arup Patnaik joined the Indian Police Service in 1979 and was posted as probationary assistant superintendent of police, Nasik, from 1981 to 1982 and as superintendent of police, Latur, from 1983 to 1986.

Arup Patnaik was then transferred to Nagpur from 1986 to 1988.

Arup Patnaik led the investigation into the Bombay riots in 1992 to 1993.

Arup Patnaik participated in a major operation that led to the seizure of approximately 1500 kg of RDX at Mumbra in 1993.

Arup Patnaik went on deputation to the Central Bureau of Investigation in March 1994 and supervised investigations into the Harshad Mehta security scam, which involved financial irregularities amounting to several crores of rupees.

Arup Patnaik was the Additional Commissioner of Police, South Mumbai, from 1999 to 2001.

From February 2011 to August 2012, Arup Patnaik was appointed as the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai.

Arup Patnaik was transferred from his post as Commissioner of Police after the Azad Maidan riots and was succeeded by Satyapal Singh in 2012.

On 30 October 2019, Arup Patnaik was inducted as a Co-Opted Member of the House Committee of the Odisha Assembly to look into aspects of environmental pollution in the state.