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.[1] The Central Bureau of Investigation made an early determination that the deaths were undue and that there was some fault in the police.[1] From April to August 2013 Pandey was away from public view. In August the Gujarat government suspended him from his post and jailed him.[1] In February 2015 Pandey got bail after having been in jail for 18 months.[2] A few days after getting bail the government revoked his suspension and returned him to service.[3]
In April 2016 Panday was appointed as Gujarat DGP.[4][5] In April 2017 Pandey stepped down from his post as DGP to avoid being removed.[6][7] Geetha Johri replaced him in this position.[8]
In February 2018 the CBI discharged Pandey from the Ishrat Jahan case saying that there was no evidence to blame him.[9]
In December 2019 the Gujarat government felicitated Pandey along with other police officers in an award ceremony.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c Press Trust of India (17 August 2013). "Ishrat Jahan case: Gujarat IPS officer P P Pandey suspended". The Economic Times.
- ^ Press Trust of India (5 February 2015). "Ishrat Jahan case: Suspended IPS officer P.P. Pandey gets bail". Mint.
- ^ Press Trust of India (9 February 2015). "Ishrat Jahan case: Gujarat government reinstates P P Pandey; appoints him as ADGP Law & Order". The Economic Times.
- ^ Press Trust of India (16 April 2016). "P P Pandey appointed as in-charge Gujarat DGP". Business Standard.
- ^ Langa, Mahesh (16 April 2016). "Gujarat top police officer shunted out". The Hindu.
- ^ FE Online (3 April 2017). "Ishrat Jahan case: PP Pandey steps down as Gujarat DGP". The Financial Express.
- ^ Bhan, Rohit (3 April 2017). "Gujarat Police Chief PP Pandey Forced To Step Down As Supreme Court Steps In". NDTV.
- ^ "Geetha Johri is Gujarat's first woman DGP, replaces PP Pandey". Ahmedabad Mirror. 4 April 2017.
- ^ Times News Network (22 February 2018). "P P Pandey: Former DGP P P Pandey discharged in Ishrat case". The Times of India.
- ^ Jha, Satish (28 November 2019). "Gujarat govt felicitates Ex-DGP P P Pandey, 167 others". Deccan Herald.