India
oi-Deepika S
Patna, Sep 27: Former Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey, who stepped down as the state police chief less than a week ago, joined Janata Dal (United) on Sunday evening.
Gupteshwar Pandey, had hit the headlines recently vocally condemning the investigation into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, sparked rumours of joining politics by announcing his retirement.
Although the IPS officer, who took VRS less than half a year before he was scheduled to superannuate, has chosen to keep his cards close to the rest, the grapevine has it that he is all set to join the JD(U) and get a ticket from one of the assembly segments in his native district of Buxar.
Reports in a section of the media also say that Pandey might be considered for the Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat where a by-poll…
