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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 was arrested on 17th June 2021 in connection with the Antilla Bomb planting case and is currently in jail.