Introduction
Himanshu Roy (June 23, 1963 – May 11, 2018) was the Additional Director General of Police of Maharashtra. He was ATS Maharashtra Chief. He was an IPS officer of Maharashtra Cadre of 1988 batch and alumnus of St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
During 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, he was responsible for arrest of Vindu Dara Singh who had alleged links to bookies in spot fixing.
Himanshu Roy shot himself on 11 May 2018. He was rushed to a hospital but could not be saved. He was reportedly suffering from cancer. He shot himself around 12:40pm at his residence.
High-profile cases
Roy was involved with solving several high-profile cases including the firing on Dawood's brother Iqbal Kaskar's driver Arif Bael, Journalist J Dey murder case, the double murder case involving Vijay Palande, Laila Khan murder case and murder of law graduate Pallavi Purkhayasta.