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'''P.P. Pandey''' is a police officer in India. He was [[Director general of police]] (DGP) in Gujarat.

Pandey was Joint Commissioner of Police in Ahmedabad when during the 2004 [[Ishrat Jahan case]] there were [[police encounters]] resulting in death.<ref name="PTI August 2013">{{cite web |author1=Press Trust of India |author1-link=Press Trust of India |title=Ishrat Jahan case: Gujarat IPS officer P P Pandey suspended |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ishrat-jahan-case-gujarat-ips-officer-p-p-pandey-suspended/articleshow/21885255.cms |website=[[The Economic Times]] |date=17 August 2013}}</ref> The [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] made an early determination that the deaths were undue and that there was some fault in the police.<ref name="PTI August 2013"/> From April to August 2013 Pandey was away from public view. In August the Gujarat government suspended him from his post and jailed him.<ref name="PTI August 2013"/> In February 2015 Pandey got bail after having been in jail for 18 months.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Press Trust of India |author1-link=Press Trust of India |title=Ishrat Jahan case: Suspended IPS officer P.P. Pandey gets bail |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/FfRBFsiA3PUNoJdbgoB3BL/Ishrat-encounter-case-Suspended-IPS-officer-Pandey-gets-bai.html |website=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |language=en |date=5 February 2015}}</ref> A few days after getting bail the government revoked his suspension and returned him to service.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Press Trust of India |author1-link=Press Trust of India |title=Ishrat Jahan case: Gujarat government reinstates P P Pandey; appoints him as ADGP Law & Order |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ishrat-jahan-case-gujarat-government-reinstates-p-p-pandey-appoints-him-as-adgp-law-order/articleshow/46178659.cms |website=The Economic Times |date=9 February 2015}}</ref>

In April 2016 Panday was appointed as Gujarat DGP.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Press Trust of India |author1-link=Press Trust of India |title=P P Pandey appointed as in-charge Gujarat DGP |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/p-p-pandey-appointed-as-in-charge-gujarat-dgp-116041600154_1.html |website=[[Business Standard]] |date=16 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Langa |first1=Mahesh |title=Gujarat top police officer shunted out |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/gujarat-top-police-officer-shunted-out/article8481365.ece |website=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |date=16 April 2016}}</ref> In April 2017 Pandey stepped down from his post as DGP to avoid being removed.<ref>{{cite web |author1=FE Online |title=Ishrat Jahan case: PP Pandey steps down as Gujarat DGP |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/ishrat-jahan-case-pp-pandey-steps-down-as-gujarat-dgp/612904/ |website=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |date=3 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bhan |first1=Rohit |title=Gujarat Police Chief PP Pandey Forced To Step Down As Supreme Court Steps In |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat-police-chief-pp-pandey-forced-to-step-down-as-supreme-court-steps-in-1676707 |website=[[NDTV]] |date=3 April 2017}}</ref> [[Geetha Johri]] replaced him in this position.<ref>{{cite web |title=Geetha Johri is Gujarat's first woman DGP, replaces PP Pandey |url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/others/geetha-johri-is-gujarats-first-woman-dgp-replaces-pp-pandey/articleshow/58012554.cms |website=Ahmedabad Mirror |language=en |date=4 April 2017}}</ref>

In February 2018 the CBI discharged Pandey from the [[Ishrat Jahan case]] saying that there was no evidence to blame him.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Times News Network |title=P P Pandey: Former DGP P P Pandey discharged in Ishrat case |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/former-dgp-p-p-pandey-discharged-in-ishrat-case/articleshow/63022310.cms |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en |date=22 February 2018}}</ref>

In December 2019 the Gujarat government felicitated Pandey along with other police officers in an award ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jha |first1=Satish |title=Gujarat govt felicitates Ex-DGP P P Pandey, 167 others |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/gujarat-govt-felicitates-ex-dgp-p-p-pandey-167-others-780558.html |website=[[Deccan Herald]] |language=en |date=28 November 2019}}</ref>

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P.P. Pandey - Revision history

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