Gupteshwar Pandey

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Gupteshwar Pandey
Born (1961-02-11) 11 February 1961 (age 62)
Geruabandh Village, Buxar
NationalityIndian
Alma mater Patna University
Occupation(s)Former civil servant, IPS officer
Political party Janata Dal (United) (since 2020)
Police career
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Allegiance Indian Police Service
Department Bihar Police
Service years1987 - 2020
StatusResignation
Rank Director General of Police.png Director General of Police
Awards IND President's Police Medal for Gallantry.png President's Police and Fire Services Medal for gallantry [1]

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]

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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 his home cadre (Bihar).

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. Gupteshwar Pandey travelled across Bihar and campaigned for an alcohol ban. [7]

Political career

Pandey earlier applied for VRS (Voluntary Retirement Scheme) 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 Phagu 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 supreme and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s residence in Patna. [8] [9] [10]

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  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.
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  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.
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