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Former Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey met Shiv Sena UBT Chief and former CM Of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray on Friday late at night at his residence Matoshree. The meeting lasted around 3 hours.

Now, sources in the Shiv Sena (UBT) SPEAKING exclusively TO HW News English have said that Mr Sanjay Pandey who is said to be close to Mr Uddhav Thakeray is all set to join the Shiv Sena. The source has further said that Mr Pandey will be inducted into the Shiv Sena a few days after the Dusshera. The source has also said that Mr Pandey is likely to get a ticket for the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.

Mr Pandey is likely to be fielded from a North Indian-dominated constituency in Mumbai, the source said.

Now let me give you a brief history of Mr Sanjay Pandey

Pandey is a retired 1986-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. After primary education in Mumbai, Pandey graduated from IIT-Kanpur (1979 - 1983) where he completed his Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science. Later, he interned at Crompton Greaves, Mumbai as a programming intern.

Pandey joined the police force in 1986 as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and was elevated to the position of Superintendent of Police (SP) in 1990. He was posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Zone 8, in Mumbai’s Dharavi when he handled the post-1992 riots.

Sanjay Pandey played a pivotal role in setting up a statewide inter-connected network of computers for crime and criminal data sharing leading to the speedy investigation process.

Pandey was also sent on Central Deputation where he was attached to the PM’s security unit.

Frustrated by political interventions in investigations and postings, Sanjay Pandey resigned from the service in April 2000 and started working for a private firm.

In 2011, he returned in force. In 2017, he was promoted to a DGP (Director General of Police) rank officer but was mostly in non-high profile departments like Home Guards and cyber security. Pandey had spearheaded a team of investigators to probe cases of consumer fraud.

The best for Mr Pandey came in April 2021, when he was made DGP of Maharashtra by the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government.

In April 2022 he was appointed Mumbai Police Commissioner by the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government. During his tenure as commissioner.

Many leaders from the BJP, like Kirit Somaiya, Mohit Kamboj, and former CM Narayan Rane were booked by the police.

Sanjay Pandey retired from service on June 30, 2022. Generally, after retirement civil servants live a peaceful life. But for Mr Pandey, the most difficult days started after his retirement. The ED arrested Pandey on July 19, 2022. In September 2022, the CBI did too in an alleged illegal phone tap of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) staffers case.

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00:00 Dear viewers this is Shashank and you are watching HW News English.
00:04 Former Mumbai Top Cop Sanjay Pandey is likely to make his political debut.
00:10 Let's understand the full story but before that if you are watching this on Facebook
00:14 do like our page and if you are watching this on YouTube do subscribe to HW News English.
00:20 Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey met Shiv Sena, UBT Chief and former Chief
00:26 Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray on Friday night at his residence in Matushree.
00:33 The meeting lasted around 3 hours.
00:36 Now sources in the Shiv Sena UBT speaking exclusively to HW News English have said that
00:43 Mr Sanjay Pandey who is said to be close to Mr Uddhav Thackeray is all set to join the
00:49 Shiv Sena.
00:50 The source has further said that Mr Pandey will be inducted into the Shiv Sena a few
00:56 days after the Dashera.
00:59 The source has also said that Mr Pandey is likely to get a ticket for the Lok Sabha elections
01:05 in 2024.
01:07 Mr Pandey is likely to be fielded from a North Indian dominated constituency in Mumbai, the
01:13 source said.
01:14 Now let me give you a brief history of Mr Sanjay Pandey.
01:19 Pandey is a retired 1986 batch Indian Police Service Officer.
01:25 After primary education in Mumbai, Pandey graduated from IIT Kanpur 1979-1983 batch
01:32 where he completed his Bachelors of Technology in Computer Science.
01:38 Later, he interned at Crompton Greaves, Mumbai as a programming intern.
01:44 Pandey joined the Police Force in 1986 as Assistant Superintendent of Police and was
01:50 elevated to the position of Superintendent of Police in 1990.
01:56 He was posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone 8 in Mumbai's Dharavi where he handled
02:02 the post-1992 riots.
02:05 Sanjay Pandey played a pivotal role in setting up a statewide interconnected network of computers
02:11 for crime and criminal data sharing leading to the speedy investigation process.
02:18 Pandey was also sent on Central Deputation where he was attached to the Prime Minister's
02:24 Security Unit.
02:26 Frustrated by political interventions in investigations and postings, Sanjay Pandey resigned from
02:32 the service in April 2000 and started working for a private firm.
02:38 In 2011, he returned in force.
02:41 In 2017, he was promoted to a DGP rank officer but was mostly in non-high profile departments
02:49 like Home Guards and Cyber Security.
02:53 Pandey had spearheaded a team of investigators to probe cases of consumer fraud.
03:00 The best for Mr. Pandey came in April 2021 when he was made DGP of Maharashtra by the
03:07 Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra Vikas Agadi Government.
03:12 In April 2022, he was appointed Mumbai Police Commissioner by the Maharashtra Vikas Agadi
03:18 Government.
03:19 During his tenure as Commissioner, many leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party like Kirit
03:24 Somaiya, Mohit Khamboj and former Chief Minister Narayan Rane were booked by the police.
03:32 Sanjay Pandey retired from service on June 30, 2022.
03:38 Generally after retirement, civil servants live a peaceful life.
03:43 But for Mr. Pandey, the most difficult days started after his retirement.
03:48 The Enforcement Directorate arrested Pandey on July 19, 2022.
03:54 In September 2022, the CBI did too in an alleged illegal phone tapping of the National Stock
04:02 Exchange staffers case.
04:04 Mr. Pandey got bail in May 2023, after the Supreme Court dismissed a plea filed by the
04:10 Enforcement Directorate against a December 2022 bail order granted to him by the Delhi
04:16 High Court.
04:17 We tried reaching out to Mr. Sanjay Pandey and Mr. Uddhav Thackeray, however, they were
04:23 not available for a comment.
04:25 Now is fielding Mr. Pandey beneficial for Mr. Thackeray or not?
04:31 Only time will say.
04:33 Let us know your views in the comment box.
04:35 [music]

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