The Maharashtra government on Monday, 28 February, appointed Acting Director-General of Police Sanjay Pandey as the new Mumbai Commissioner of Police.
This development came 10 days after the state government appointed Rajnish Seth as the new DGP in place of the acting DGP Pandey.
Pandey will be replacing Hemant Nagrale, who has now been appointed as the new Managing Director of the Maharashtra State Security Corporation.
WHO IS SANJAY PANDEY?
A 1986 batch IPS officer, Sanjay Pandey was the DCP during the 1992-93 Bombay riots. He is credited to have brought the situation under control in a very short period of time.
In 2001, Pandey submitted his resignation from the IPS, which he subsequently withdrew in 2002. However, his resignation was accepted in 2003, against which Pandey moved court.
He returned to the service in 2005, with the intent of availing the voluntary retirement scheme at the end of 20 years of service. However, he was neither granted VRS, nor was he given any posting. Once again he moved court and following a court order, returned to service in 2011.
Sanjay Pandey completed his school education from Maharashtra Local Private School, and subsequently went to IIT Kanpur and Harvard University for further studies.
(With inputs from IANS and Quint Hindi.)
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