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{{Short description|Indian author and police officer (born 1974)}}
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{{Infobox police officer
|name = Amit Lodha
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|22 February 1974}}
|birth_place = [[Jaipur, Rajasthan]], India
|alma_mater = [[St Xavier's School, Jaipur]] <br /> [[IIT Delhi|Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]]
|notable_works = Bihar Diaries: The True Story of How Bihar's Most Dangerous Criminal Was Caught
|known_for = [[Khakee: The Bihar Chapter]]
|country = [[India]]
|cadre = [[Bihar]]
|service_years = 1998-present
|rank = [[File:Director General of Police.png|25px]] [[Additional director general of police]]
|spouse = {{Marriage|Komudi Tanu Lodha|1999}}
|badge_number = 19981029
|batch = 1998
|awards = [[File:IND President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.svg|30px]] [[President's Police Medal]] for Distinguished Service.<br/>[[File:IND Police Medal for Meritorious Service.png|30px]] Police Medal for Meritorious Service.<br/>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=फिजिक्स और मैथ्स पसंद थे पर सपना था पुलिस अफसर बनने का IIT से पढ़े और बने IPS, राष्ट्रपति से भी मिल चुका अवॉर्ड |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/story-of-ips-officer-amit-lodha-5931598.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lodha |first=Amit |date=31 March 2021 |title=This IPS officer went from being an indifferent IIT student to (not) studying for the civil services |url=https://scroll.in/article/990988/this-ips-officer-went-from-being-an-indifferent-iit-student-to-not-studying-for-the-civil-services |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bharatvarsh |first=TV9 |date=3 December 2022 |title=बिहार के खाकी स्टार IPS अफसरबने सबके हीरो, अमित लोढ़ा की अनसुनी कहानी |url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/videos/web-series-in-ott-platform-based-bihar-ips-officer-amit-lodha-bravery-au81-1589028.html |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=TV9 Bharatvarsh |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Amit Lodha: The IIT Grad Turned 'Super Cop' Behind Netflix's Khakee |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/web-stories/amit-lodha-the-iit-grad-turned-super-cop-behind-netflixs-khakee/ |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=The Better India |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=अपराधियों से लड़ते बनाई सुपर कॉप की छवि; जानिए कौन हैं बिहार के IPS अमित लोढ़ा, जिनके जीवन पर बनी वेब सीरीज - Web Series Khakee: Image of Super Cop created while fighting with criminals; Know who is IPS Amit Lodha of Bihar on whose real story of khakee web series Khakee- The Bihar Chapter made |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-image-of-super-cop-created-while-fighting-with-criminals-know-who-is-ips-amit-lodha-of-bihar-on-whose-life-web-series-is-made-23231826.html |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref>

== Early life and career ==
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|Sheikhpura District]] of Bihar in 2006 by the then CM Nitish Kumar.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 May 2006 |title=7 killed in village massacre - Four minors among dead |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/7-killed-in-village-massacre-four-minors-among-dead/cid/1644786 |work=The Telegraph Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=22 May 2006 |title=After the killings, the transfers |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/after-the-killings-the-transfers/articleshow/1540944.cms |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> 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 [[Lalan Singh|Rajiv Ranjan Singh]], Randhir Kumar Soni the then MLA of Sheikhpura to the [[Ashok Mahto gang|Ashok Mahto Gang]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who is the real Chandan Mahto, the dreaded gangster from Netflix's Khakee The Bihar Chapter? |url=https://www.dailyo.in/news/who-is-the-real-chandan-mahto-the-dreaded-gangster-from-netflixs-khakee-the-bihar-chapter-38067 |access-date=3 August 2024 |website=www.dailyo.in |language=en}}</ref> 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 [[Other Backward Class|backward classes]]; his public humiliation prompted questions such as; "Can the police humiliate an upper-caste gangster in a similar manner?".<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 August 2006 |title=On way to court, Bihar cops parade gangster with garland of slippers |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/on-way-to-court-bihar-cops-parade-gangster-with-garland-of-slippers/10698/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221204840/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/on-way-to-court-bihar-cops-parade-gangster-with-garland-of-slippers/10698 |archive-date=21 February 2020 |access-date=25 July 2020}}</ref>

Amit Lodha was promoted to Deputy Inspector General of Police, CID in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 March 2013 |title=IPS officers transferred in Bihar |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ips-officers-transferred-in-bihar-113032600154_1.html |work=Business Standard}}</ref>

Amit was also posted as [[Deputy inspector general of police|DIG]] and later promoted to IG in [[Border Security Force]] on central deputation in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 June 2019 |title=जोधपुर निवासी अमित लोढ़ा ने राजस्थान फ्रंटियर के आईजी का पदभार ग्रहण किया |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/jodhpur/news/bsf-rajasthan-frontier-head-office-at-jodhpur-ips-officer-amit-lodha-take-charge-as-ig-01574559.html |work=Dainik Bhaskar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=21 June 2019 |title=Amit Lodha assumes charge as new BSF IGP |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/amit-lodha-assumes-charge-as-new-bsf-igp/articleshow/69882228.cms |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2018 |title=Appointment of Shri Amit Lodha, IPS (BH:98), working as DIG BSF to the post of Inspector. General, BSF |url=https://ips.gov.in/Empanelment/Amit106122018234.pdf }}</ref>

In March 2025, he was promoted to the rank of [[Indian Police Service|Additional Director General of Police]]. As of June 2025, Lodha is an [[Indian Police Service|Additional Director General of Police]] [ADG] rank officer at the State Crime Records Bureau in [[Bihar Police]].<ref>https://apacnewsnetwork.com/2025/03/bihar-govt-promotes-ips-amit-lodha-to-adg-rank/#:~:text=Patna%3A%20The%20Bihar%20government%20has,the%20State%20Crime%20Records%20Bureau.</ref>
[[File:Clare Mackintosh at Times LitFest in New Delhi with IPS officer Amit Lodha on left.jpg|thumb|right|[[Clare Mackintosh]] at Times LitFest in New Delhi with IPS officer Amit Lodha on left|230px]]

== Legal issues ==
In December 2022, Lodha was booked under several sections of [[Indian Penal Code]] and [[Prevention of Corruption Act]] for entering a commercial deal with [[Netflix India|Netflix]] as a government servant and writing the book ''Bihar Diaries'' without taking prior permission or approval from the government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 November 2022 |title=Khakee: The Bihar Chapter Review: बिहार के IAS और गैंगस्टर के बीच की जंग है 'खाकी', करण टैक्कर की जबरदस्त एक्टिंग ने जीता दिल |url=https://www.aajtak.in/entertainment/film-review/story/khakee-the-bihar-chapter-review-ips-amit-lodha-karan-tacker-bhojpuri-actor-ravi-kishan-avinash-tiwary-tmovb-1585895-2022-11-30 |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=आज तक |language=hi}}</ref> Lodha has mentioned that he has done nothing wrong.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mishra |first=Dipak |date=9 December 2022 |title=Bihar IPS officer who inspired 'Khakee' booked for Netflix deal, says 'did nothing wrong' |url=https://theprint.in/india/bihar-ips-officer-who-inspired-khakee-booked-for-netflix-deal-says-did-nothing-wrong/1255713/ |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=23 January 2024 |title=Patna HC refuses to quash FIR against IPS officer Amit Lodha in DA case |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-news/patna-hc-refuses-to-quash-fir-against-ips-officer-amit-lodha-in-da-case-101706012170723.html |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref> Controversy has also been created by the media that he was suspended but he has never been suspended, the government has also not released any statement regarding the suspension. He is still in service serving as Inspector General of Police, at State Crime Record Bureau, Bihar Police.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=1 January 2024 |title=IPS Officers of India |url=https://ips.gov.in/Empanelment/IPS_Civillist_2024.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ips.gov.in/ips_civillist.aspx |archive-date=1 January 2024 |access-date=1 January 2024 |website=Indian Police Service |publisher=Ministry Of Home Affairs, Government of India |publication-date=1 January 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Ashok Mahto gang]]
*[[Chandan Kushwaha]]
*[[Rajo Singh]]
*[[Anant Kumar Singh]]

==References==
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Bandbaajabarat at 21:18, 28 March 2026