Former Maharashtra acting Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey (IPS:1986:MH) has jumped into yet another controversy by coming under fresh scrutiny. He now faces serious allegations of conspiring to falsely implicate State Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde in the Urban Land Ceiling (ULC) scam that allegedly took place in 2016.
These allegations have been made on the basis of a special investigation report submitted by outgoing DGP Rashmi Shukla to the state Home Department. The special investigation report highlights Pandey’s misuse of power during the ULC reinvestigation, sparking a political-legal controversy.
Pandey is not new to controversy, as he was earlier arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a phone-tapping and money laundering case involving NSE employees and spent around five months in judicial custody.
An IIT Kanpur alumnus, Pandey had entered politics by joining the Congress Party in 2024, two years after his removal from the post of acting DGP in 2022.
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