Gupteshwar Pandey had courted controversies over his remark to question the 'aukaat (status)' of Sushant’s girlfriend, actress Rhea Chakravorty, who was at the centre of a prolonged media trial in the case at the time.
The Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) is an ally of the BJP in the state of Bihar.
Former Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Panday talks about opting for voluntary retirement, speculations of him joining politics and what happened when his team went to Maharashtra to probe the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.
A 24-year-old incident involving new Bihar DGP, S.K. Singhal has come in handy for the ruling coalition of JD (U)-BJP to attack the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar earlier in the day. Pandey had opted for voluntary retirement from the police force.
Published by Prabhat Prakashan, a leading Hindi publication house, the 128-page book, Sangharsh Se Utkarsh Tak (From Struggle to Pinnacle), has been written by writer Savita Pandey. The book worth Rs 150 is already available...
Former Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey joined the JDU last month after voluntarily retiring from the Indian Police Service.
Speculations are rife that the Bihar top cop, who shot to fame after a showdown between Maharashtra and Bihar Police over Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, is going to contest the upcoming Bihar polls.
A top cop from Bihar, Gupteshwar Pandey has been known over the years for adopting out-of-the-box, often controversial, style of policing.