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{{Infobox police officer
| name = Sanjeev Dayal
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|09|20}}
| birth_place =Delhi
| death_date =
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| other_names =
| department = [[Mumbai Police]]
| service = [[Indian Police Service]]
| serviceyears = 1977 – 2015
| rank =
| awards = [[File:IND President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.png|30px]] [[President's Police Medal]] for Distinguished Service (2003)

| relations = 
| Qualification = B.COM, MBA
| laterwork = 
}}
'''Sanjeev Dayal''' (1977 batch [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer) was the [[Director General of Police]] of Maharashtra. He was Director General (Anti-Corruption Bureau) before taking over as [[Director General of Police|DGP]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/sanjeev-dayal-takes-over-as-the-new-director-general-of-police-in-maharashtra-249760|title=Sanjeev Dayal takes over as the new Director General of Police in Maharashtra|publisher=NDTV portal|date=31 July 2012}}</ref>

== Career ==
Dayal, hailing from [[Delhi]], was a former [[Police Commissioner of Mumbai|Mumbai Police Commissioner]]. In his 35 years of service as an IPS ([[Indian Police Service]]) officer, Dayal has held several key positions across the state, along with stints with the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Special Protection Group (SPG).He was handling the reins of the [[Anti-Corruption Bureau]] as the DGP before he took over as the [[Police Commissioner of Mumbai|Mumbai Police Commissioner]].

Between 1988 and 1992, Dayal was on central deputation with the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|IB]], following which he was posted as the Superintendent of police at [[Amravati]], [[Maharashtra]].
From 1993 to 1995, he was Additional Commissioner of Police of northwest Mumbai. He also served with the SPG from 1995 to 2002.
As external security chief in 1999, he was responsible for the security of former Prime Minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] during his historic [[Lahore Declaration|visit to Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sify.com/news/dayal-is-maharashtra-s-new-police-chief-news-national-mh5rOiaijihsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316060641/http://www.sify.com/news/dayal-is-maharashtra-s-new-police-chief-news-national-mh5rOiaijihsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2016|title=Dayal is Maharashtra's new police chief|date=31 July 2012|author=IANS|work=Sify|access-date=25 February 2019|language=en}}</ref>

== Barack Obama's Convoy ==
Sanjeev Dayal, the then Police Commissioner refused to allow US President [[Barack Obama]]'s [[Cadillac]] to advance until US Secret Service Snipers vacated unauthorized vantage points along the convoy's route, during his [[List of international presidential trips made by Barack Obama|visit to Mumbai]]. He did not give route clearance due to breach of security protocol by US Agencies which placed their [[snipers]] on terrace of [[St.Xaviers College (Mumbai)|St.Xavier's College]]. Due to which [[Barack Obama]] and [[Michelle Obama]], had to wait for 11 minutes at the Holy Name High School at [[Colaba]], Mumbai.
<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://satyavijayi.com/ips-sanjeev-dayal-the-man-who-made-barack-obama-halt-in-his-track/|title=IPS Sanjeev Dayal - The man who made Barack Obama halt in his track.|date=2015-09-11|work=SatyaVijayi|access-date=2018-09-12|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==References==
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title=[[Director General of Police in Maharashtra]]
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years=31 July 2012 – 2015
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after=[[Praveen Dixit]]
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[[Category:Police Commissioners of Mumbai]]
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