Vishwas Nangare Patil

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Vishwas Nangare Patil
IPS, PPMG
Additional Director General of Police
( Commissioner of Police, Nagpur)
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 June 2026
Education Osmania University
Shivaji University
Occupation Indian Police Service
ProfessionIPS Officer, Author
Awards
 President's Police Medal (gallantry)

Vishwas Narayan Nangare Patil, IPS, PPMG is an Indian Police Service officer. He serves as Commissioner of Police, Nagpur city. [1] Previously he was Additional Director General of Police in the Anti-corruption Bureau, Maharashtra. Formerly he was Joint Commissioner of Police (Law & Order), Mumbai and Commissioner of Police, Nashik city. [2] [3] [4] Patil completed his training in1997. In 2015 he was awarded the President's Police Medal (gallantry) for his role in the counterterrorist operations during the 2008 Mumbai attacks. [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Career

Nangare-Patil was deputy commissioner of police Zone-1 in South Mumbai during the attack. [9] He confronted the terrorists at Taj hotel. He shot one of them in the leg. During this fight with the terrorists, they shot down one of Nangare's bodyguards and injured one. He had barged in there without any bulletproof vest only with a Glock and if he had not done it people would have died in the marriage hall known as crystal hall. [10] [11]

Positions held

Special inspector general of police [IG] Kolhapur

Books

References

  1. ↑ "26/11 Hero Vishwas Nangre Patil Appointed Nagpur Police Commissioner". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 24 June 2026. Retrieved 16 October 2026.
  2. ↑ "Nangre Patil seeks details of all pending preventive action proposals". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Vishwas Nangre Patil to be special IG, Aurangabad". business-standard.com. Press Trust of India. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "In a bid to improve the image of police among the public, Special Inspector General of Police Vishwas Nangre Patil". ndtv.com. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Aurangabad range IG gets President's award for gallantry". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "The ugly questions that hang over Mumbai cop's 26/11 honour". firstpost.com. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Police officers Date, Nangre-Patil injured". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "SENIOR COPS QUESTION GALLANTRY AWARD TO ADDL CP". mumbaimirror.com. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Police Had General Inputs About Possible Targets Before 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack, Says Senior Official". News18. 27 November 2020.
  10. ↑ 26/11 की असली कहानी - आखिर क्या हुआ था उस दिन? हर Minute की खबर, 23 November 2022, retrieved 4 March 2024
  11. ↑ Mengle, Gautam S. (25 November 2018). "26/11 anniversary | A day of skirmishes". The Hindu.
  12. ↑ "Thane Rural Superintendent of Police Vishwas Nangre Patil has been promoted as Additional Commissioner of Police, West Region". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 24 May 2011.
  13. ↑ "Fellow cops give a day's salary". hindustantimes.com. 4 November 2010.
  14. ↑ "मन में है विश्वास". loksatta.com. 22 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "'एकलव्यां'ना विश्वास देणारे पुस्तक". Maharashtratimes.com. 21 February 2021.
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