Gupteshwar Pandey

Gupteshwar Pandey is a retired Indian Police Service officer. He served as Director General of Police of Bihar.[2][3] He has taken voluntary retirement on 22 September 2020, five months before completion of his service tenure (28 February 2021).[4] He was succeeded by Sanjeev Kumar Singhal.[5]

Gupteshwar Pandey
Pandey in 2020
Born (1961-02-11) 11 February 1961
Geruabandh Village, Buxar
NationalityIndian
Alma materPatna University
OccupationFormer civil servant, IPS officer
Political partyJanata Dal (United) (since 2020)
Police career
Country India
AllegianceIndian Police Service
DepartmentBihar Police
Service years1987 - 2020
StatusResignation
Rank Director General of Police
Awards President's Police and Fire Services Medal for gallantry[1]

Early life and education

Gupteshwar Pandey was born in 1961 in Geruabandh village of Buxar district. His village was away from basic facilities like electricity, health, education, and roads. After completing his intermediate, he studied at Patna University. He earlier appeared for the UPSC exam in Sanskrit Language and was allotted Indian Revenue Service - Income Tax after which he reappeared for UPSC and joined the Indian Police Service in 1987 and was allotted Bihar Cadre.

Career at the Indian Police Service

He served as superintendent of police in several major districts of Bihar. While serving as inspector-general of police of the Tirhut Division Muzaffarpur Range, he started many initiatives to curb crime and make police people-friendly. [6]

Alcohol ban campaign

In November 2015, the Bihar Government banned alcohol. Gupteswar Pandey traveled across Bihar and campaigned for an alcohol ban. Women supported this campaign to a great extent.[7]

Political career

Pandey earlier applied for VRS before the 2014 Lok Sabha election but he was not given a ticket from Buxar constituency, later he withdrew his VRS application. In 2020, after quick approval of his VRS from Governor Fagu Chauhan, an exception was made in his case with the waiver of a mandatory three-month-long cooling off period for government servants to join politics. Pandey joined Janata Dal (United) on 27 September 2020 at party supremo and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s residence in Patna.[8][9][10]

References
  1. "Shri Gupteshwar Pandey". Police.gov.in. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. डेस्क, एबीपी न्यूज़ वेब (2019-01-31). "1987 बैच के IPS अधिकारी गुप्तेश्वर पाण्डेय बने बिहार के नए DGP". abpnews.abplive.in (in Hindi). Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  3. "Gupteshwar Pandey takes over as new DGP of Bihar- Business News". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  4. Karmakar, Debashish (September 23, 2020). "Gupteshwar Pandey: Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey takes voluntary retirement from service, likely to contest election". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  5. "Bihar: बिहार डीजीपी का प्रभार संभालेंगे SK सिंघल, गुप्तेश्वर पांडेय ने लिया रिटायरमेंट". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  6. "Buddhist wisdom to boost cop-citizen relations - Muzaffarpur range inspector-general of police starts initiative to make a people-friendly force". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  7. "Gupteshwar Pandey, hero of liquor ban, to be the new Bihar DGP". Zee News. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  8. "CM Nitish Kumar by his side, ex-Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey joins JD(U) before polls". The Indian Express. 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  9. "Former Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey joins Nitish Kumar's party JDU". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  10. "Bihar Election: जदयू में शामिल हुए पूर्व डीजीपी गुप्तेश्वर पांडेय, बोले- नीतीश हमारे नेता". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2020-09-27.

Further reading

Gupteshwar Pandey on Twitter

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