Pradeep Sharma

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{{Short description|Police Officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
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| birth_place = [[Mathura]], India
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1961|05|01|df=y}}
| residence = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| office = Maharashtra Police
|term_start = 1983
|term_end = 2019 (Resign)
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|children = Niketa and Ankita (daughters)
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'''Pradeep Sharma''' (born 1961) is a former [[police officer|officer]] in the [[Mumbai police|police force]] of [[Mumbai]], India. Sharma attained notability as an "encounter specialist" with the [[Mumbai Encounter Squad]] and was involved with the deaths of as many as 312 criminals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abplive.in/india-news/ab-tak-312-here-are-things-less-know-about-encounter-specialist-pradeep-sharma-cop-who-arrested-iqbal-kaskar-582063 |title=Ab Tak 312: Here are things less known about encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma, cop who arrested Iqbal Kaskar |publisher=[[ABP Live]]}}</ref> On 31 August 2008 he was dismissed from the Mumbai police on charges of corruption but was reinstated on 16 August 2017 after he was proven innocent of those charges.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/miscellaneous/pradeep-sharma/articleshow/60761725.cms |title=Pradeep Sharma | date=20 October 2017 | newspaper=[[Times of India]] | accessdate=21 January 2019}}</ref> Sharma resigned from Mumbai police in July 2019 after a 35 year long career. He officially joined the ruling Shiv Sena in Maharashtra on September 13, 2019 and contested from Nalasopara seat in the Maharashtra assembly polls but lost to Bahujan Vikash Aghadi's candidate Kshitij Hitendra Thakur by a margin of 43,729 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 3, 2019|title=Pradeep Sharma files nomination from Nallasopara constituency|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/maharashtra-assembly-elections/news/pradeep-sharma-files-nomination-from-nallasopara-constituency/articleshow/71423905.cms|access-date=2021-01-27|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en}}</ref>he has been arrested again on 17th June 2021 in connection with the Antilla Bomb planting case

==Biography and career==
Sharma's family was originally from [[Agra]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] before moving to the state of [[Maharashtra]]. His father was a professor of English in a degree college in the town of [[Dhule]]. He was born in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and completed his education from primary to MSc in Dhule, Maharashtra. He joined the State Police Service in 1983 as a [[sub-inspector]]. He was first posted to the Mahim police station in [[Mumbai]] and was moved to the special branch in [[Juhu]], [[Mumbai]]. Rising through the ranks, he went on to head the police stations in other suburbs of [[Mumbai]], and became a senior Inspector in the crime intelligence unit of the [[Mumbai police]]. His career spanned 25 years, during which he earned fame for the successful "[[encounter killings]]" of as many as 312 criminals, including notorious crime bosses and terrorists belonging to the [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]. He was one of the most famous officers of the Mumbai Encounter Squad.

Sharma arrested Iqbal Kaskar; brother of Global Terrorist Dawood Ibrahim in Mumbai on the charges of extortion.

==Dismissal and subsequent reinstatement==
On 31 August 2008 the Maharashtra government dismissed Sharma for involvement and contacts with criminals. Police obtained telephonic interceptions of Sharma's conversations with criminals and about criminal activities while the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]] provided intelligence implicating Sharma in the activities of the Dawood Ibrahim gang.<ref name="A">[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104034906/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-01/mumbai/27908920_1_chhota-rajan-gang-pradeep-sharma-crime-branch 'Underworld' may gun for Pradeep Sharma now]</ref> However, Sharma is amongst several officers of the encounter squad facing official inquiries. Sharma professed his innocence, described his dismissal as wrongful and accused the Chhota Rajan gang of framing him. Police and media sources speculate that Sharma may be targeted by the Chhota Rajan gang, and hence he has been granted police protection round-the-clock; although dismissed officers are not entitled to police protection.<ref name="A"/> Several media sources have nicknamed him "Bombay's Dirty Harry."<ref name="C">{{Cite web|title=Bombay's Dirty Harry, Pradeep Sharma, fired for alleged gangster links|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/2672862/Bombays-Dirty-Harry-Pradeep-Sharma-fired-for-alleged-gangster-links.html|access-date=2021-01-27|website=The Telegraph|language=en-GB}}</ref>

However, on 7 May 2009, Sharma was reinstated to the Mumbai city force of the Maharashtra Police after a state justice tribunal set up to study the allegations rejected the corruption charges against him and ordered his instant reinstatement. After getting reinstated at Mumbai Police Headquarters, Sharma transferred to the Thane Police Commissioner office on 23 August.

==Acquittal in encounter case==
On 5 July 2013, a Mumbai court acquitted Sharma of all the charges in the 2006 Lakhan Bhaiyya encounter case.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/mumbai-encounter-specialist-pradeep-sharma-acquitted-in-fake-encounter-case-24649.html|title=Mumbai encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma acquitted in fake encounter case|publisher=India Tv|accessdate=5 July 2013|date=5 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/mumbai-police-encounter-specialist-pradeep-sharma-acquitted/20130705.htm|title=MMumbai Police encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma acquitted|publisher=Rediff.com|accessdate=5 July 2013|date=5 July 2013}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
* ''[[Rege]]'', a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] film (2014) starring [[Mahesh Manjrekar]] as Pradeep Sharma class of 83 role of Pramod Shukla is inspired by him

==References==
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[[Category:People from Agra]]
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Police officers from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Shiv Sena politicians]]

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