Amit Lodha
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Amit Lodha | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 February 1974 Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
| Alma mater | St Xavier's School, Jaipur Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi |
| Known for | Khakee: The Bihar Chapter |
| Notable work | Bihar Diaries: The True Story of How Bihar's Most Dangerous Criminal Was Caught |
| Spouse |
Komudi Tanu Lodha (m. 1999) |
| Police career | |
| Country | India |
| Service years | 1998-present |
| Rank |  Additional director general of police |
| Badge no. | 19981029 |
| Batch | 1998 |
| Cadre | Bihar |
| Awards |  President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service. Police Medal for Meritorious Service.Police Antarik Suraksha Seva Padak |
Amit Lodha (born 22 February 1974) is a 1998 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Bihar Cadre, currently serving as Additional Director General of State Crime Record Bureau, assigned at Bihar. He has received several awards for his work. He is known for his book Bihar Diaries: The True Story of How Bihar's Most Dangerous Criminal Was Caught. The web series Khakee: The Bihar Chapter on Netflix is based on that book.[1][2][3][4][5]
Lodha is a 1995 alumnus of IIT Delhi He joined the IPS in 1998. During his District Training, he was trained under IPS Gupteshwar Pandey. After the infamous Manikpur (Manipur) Village Massacre in 2006, Amit Lodha was posted in the newly created, Sheikhpura District of Bihar in 2006 by the then CM Nitish Kumar.[6][7] He was instrumental in the nabbing and crackdown of Politically protected Ashok Mahto Gang during his tenure there. Lodha used his expertise in technology as an engineer to set-up Call Observation and Parallel Listening for members of the gang. During his investigation and intelligence gathering he discovered political backing by JDU leaders and party president Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Randhir Kumar Soni the then MLA of Sheikhpura to the Ashok Mahto Gang.[8] Mahto was arrested in 2006, while he was travelling to court; Bihar Military Police (BMP) officers carried out a procession in which Mahto, half-naked and bleeding, was dressed in garland of slippers. This incident proved controversial and the region's backward castes saw it as a punishment to the gangster for opposing Bhumihars. Mahto enjoyed considerable support among the backward classes; his public humiliation prompted questions such as; "Can the police humiliate an upper-caste gangster in a similar manner?".[9]
Amit Lodha was promoted to Deputy Inspector General of Police, CID in 2013.[10]
Amit was also posted as DIG and later promoted to IG in Border Security Force on central deputation in 2019.[11][12][13]
In March 2025, he was promoted to the rank of Additional Director General of Police. As of June 2025, Lodha is an Additional Director General of Police [ADG] rank officer at the State Crime Records Bureau in Bihar Police.[14]
