Himanshu Roy (23 June 1963 – 11 May 2018) was an Indian police officer, who served as 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 the arrest of Vindu Dara Singh who had alleged links to bookies in spot fixing.
Himanshu Roy is the brother-in-law of Amish Tripathi
On 11 May 2018, at around 12:40pm, Himanshu Roy shot himself at his residence.
He was rushed to a hospital but could not be saved.
He was reportedly suffering from cancer for a long time.