Amulya Kumar Patnaik (born 15 January 1960) is a former Indian Police Service officer who served as the 21st Commissioner of Delhi Police from 30 January 2017 till 29 February 2020.
[3] His first posting as IPS was ACP Najafgarh (Delhi) and has also served as SSP of Pondicherry from 1989-93.
In January 2017, He became the 21st Police Commissioner of Delhi and served till February 2020 and was succeeded by S. N.
[4] He has been severely criticized for his role in not controlling the riots in North East Delhi in February 2020.
[5] He was set to retire in January 2020[6] but his term was extended due to 2020 Delhi legislative elections and Citizenship Amendment Act protests.