Satyapal Singh
| Satyapal Singh | |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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Assumed office 26 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Ajit Singh |
| Constituency | Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh |
| Police Commissioner of Mumbai | |
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In office 23 August 2012 – 31 January 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Arup Patnaik |
| Succeeded by | Rakesh Maria |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 November 1955 Basauli, Baghpat [NCR] |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Alka Singh (1982–present) |
| Children | Charu Pragya Richa Prama Praket Arya |
| Alma mater |
Janta Vedic College, Baraut Digambar Jain College, Baraut University of Delhi University of Nagpur University of Wollongong |
| Profession | Indian Police Service, Politician |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Satyapal Singh (born 29 November 1955) is the former Police Commissioner of Mumbai and Member of Parliament (MP) of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh for the 16th Lok Sabha.
Singh was born on November 29, 1955, in Basauli in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh. He is a post-graduate in chemistry from Digambar Jain College, Baraut and has also done M Phil in Chemistry from Delhi University. He has secured a MBA from Australia and also has a MA in Public Administration and PhD in Naxalism from Nagpur University. Before joining the I.P.S, Singh wanted to become a scientist.
Singh was a Maharashtra cadre I.P.S officer of the 1980 batch.
Mr. Singh's first posting was as Assistant Superintendent of Police of Nasik. He then went on to become the Superintendent of Police of Buldhana. Prior to being appointed the Mumbai Police chief, Mr Singh was Maharashtra's Additional Director General of Police. He has also served as the Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) in Mumbai. During his tenure as the Crime Chief of Mumbai he is credited for breaking the backbone of the organised crime syndicates that terrorised Mumbai in the 1990s, including the Chhota Rajan, Chhota Shakeel and Arun Gawli gangs. During the same time in the late '90s, when gangland activity was at its peak in Mumbai and the mafia in Mumbai went berserk with several high-profile killings, Singh, formed special police squads and cracked down on several underworld figures. That tenure saw several encounter killings in Mumbai with specialists such as Daya Nayak, Pradeep Sharma and Vijay Salaskar given the licence to take on the underworld. It was during this stint that the 25 August 2003 Mumbai bombings at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar took place; he is credited with having been the officer at the helm when the case was detected.
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