P.P. Pandey is a police officer in India. He was
Director general of police (DGP) in Gujarat.
Pandey was Joint Commissioner of Police in Ahmedabad when during the 2004
Ishrat Jahan case there were
police encounters resulting in death.
The
Central Bureau of Investigation
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the premier investigating agency of India. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Originally set up to investigate bribery and governmen ...
made an early determination that the deaths were undue and that there was some fault in the police.
From April to August 2013 Pandey was away from public view. In August the Gujarat government suspended him from his post and jailed him.
In February 2015 Pandey got bail after having been in jail for 18 months. A few days after getting bail the government revoked his suspension and returned him to service.
In April 2016 Panday was appointed as Gujarat DGP. In April 2017 Pandey stepped down from his post as DGP to avoid being removed.
Geetha Johri
Geetha Johri is a retired officer of the Indian Police Service. She was the first woman from Gujarat to become an IPS officer. Johri retired as Gujarat’s police chief and was the highest ranked women officer in the state. She became DIG in 2017, ...
replaced him in this position.
In February 2018 the CBI discharged Pandey from the
Ishrat Jahan case saying that there was no evidence to blame him.
In December 2019 the Gujarat government felicitated Pandey along with other police officers in an award ceremony.
References
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Indian police officers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people