Rai Bahadur Purna Chandra Lahiri, JP (1872–1942)[1] was an Indian police officer during British Raj of India.
[1] As an Inspector of Police, it was he who arrested several nationalist leaders like Bhupendra Nath Bose in 1907[2] and later Aurobindo Ghose in 1908 in connection with the Alipore Bomb Case.
[1][4][5] His role was highly appreciated in handling of 1926-27 Hindu-Muslim riots of Calcutta, which began in April 1926 and took unprecedented fury and ferocity.
[1] He retired from service in 1927 when Sir Charles Tegart was the Commissioner of Police, Calcutta.
[1] He was survived by his widow and his son, Protul Chandra Lahiri, who also was an Indian Police Service officer.