Bihar District Commissioner of Police Gupteshwar Pandey on Tuesday announced he was voluntarily retiring from his post, the Hindustan Times reported. The Bihar governor late on Tuesday evening approved Pandey’s request and a notification for the same was issued by the home department.
Director General of Civil Defence and Fire Services Sanjiv Kumar Singhal will take up the additional charge of the director general of police till further orders.
Several media reports said that Pandey is likely to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in the state. Unidentified officials told NDTV that Pandey will probably to contest on a National Democratic Alliance ticket, either from Buxar town or any other seat in the district. However, Pandey has formally not made any announcements about the same so far.
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