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Daya Nayak Elevated to ACP Two Days Before Retirement

The promotion crowns a tenure marked by high-profile criminal encounters and leadership in major Mumbai probes.

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Overview

  • He is scheduled to retire on July 31, marking the close of a 30-year tenure with the Mumbai Police.
  • He continues to head Unit 9 of the Mumbai Crime Branch at Bandra under his new ACP title.
  • Since joining in 1995, he has been credited with involvement in at least 84 police encounters targeting underworld figures.
  • He weathered a 2006 disproportionate assets case filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau and was later cleared and reinstated.
  • In recent years, he led investigations into major cases from the Salman Khan house firing to the Antilia bomb scare and the Mansukh Hiren murder.