Rajesh Kumar Pandey Explained

Rajesh Kumar Pandey
Birth Date:	1961 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	Bara, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India^[1] ^[2]
Honorific Prefix:	IPS
Honorific Suffix:	PMG & Three Bars, PM, UNM
Education:	B.Sc., M.Sc. (Botany)
Spouse:	Meenu Pandey
Children:	2
Module:	Child: yes Years: 1986-2021 Badge: 20062538 Rank: Inspector General Department: Uttar Pradesh Police Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) Anti-Terrorism Squad (UP ATS) Awards: President’s Police Medal for Gallantry & Three Bars Police Medal for Meritorious Service United Nations Medal (UNMIK)

Rajesh Kumar Pandey, (hi|राजेश कुमार पाण्डेय; born 15 June 1961), also known as Rajesh Pandey, is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the IPS-SPS 2003 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

He is the founding member of Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) and the state's counterterrorism unit, Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).^{[7] [3] [4] [8] [9]}

He has been awarded the President's Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) four times in 1999, 2000, 2007 and 2016.^{[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]} During his deputation to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo, he was conferred with the United Nations Medal in 2008.^{[15] [16]} He retired from the Uttar Pradesh Police as IG, Election Cell on 30 June 2021, after 35 years of service.^{[17] [5] [18] [19]}

Following his retirement, the Government of Uttar Pradesh appointed him as the nodal security officer of UPEIDA and Purvanchal Expressway.^[7] In 2023, Pandey co-authored his first book Operation Bazooka along with journalist and media-studies professor, Rakesh Goswami.^{[8] [20]}

External links

• Uttar Pradesh Police Profile
• Employees and Officers Details - Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA)
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Notes and References

1. Web site: IPS राजेश पांडेय: डॉन श्रीप्रकाश शुक्ला को किया ढेर, मुन्ना बजरंगी को लगी गोली 20 साल तक शरीर में ही रही; निडर अधिकारी की कहानी. Nishant Nandan. 12 March 2021. Jansatta (जनसत्ता). Hindi.
2. Web site: माफिया डॉन श्री प्रकाश शुक्ला का इनकाउंटर करने वाले पुलिस अधिकारी की बेटी बनी आईएएस. Prasoon Pandey. 6 April 2019. Patrika (पत्रिका). Hindi.
3. Web site: गौतम अदानी के 25 साल पहले हुए अपहरण का बिहार और यूपी कनेक्शन. Chandan Kumar Jajware. 2 February 2023. BBC News हिंदी. Hindi.
4. Web site: Hunt for 'gangster out to kill CM Kalyan Singh' to Encounter no. 1 — retd cop recalls how UP STF was born. Shikha Salaria. 5 May 2023. The Print.
5. Web site: Did Guddu Muslim backstab Atiq? 'Bomb specialist's' history with old bosses sparks speculation. Shikha Salaria. 24 April 2023. The Print.
6. Web site: Resentment brewing among officers of state police services cadre. Preetam Srivastava. 3 April 2021. The Pioneer.
7. Web site: पूर्वांचल एक्सप्रेस-वे और यूपीडा के नोडल सिक्योरिटी ऑफिसर राजेश कुमार पाण्डेय नियुक्त. Sanjay Kumar Srivastava. 8 November 2021. Patrika (पत्रिका). Hindi.
8. Web site: Review: Operation Bazooka by Rajesh Pandey and Rakesh Goswami. Percy Bharucha. 4 January 2024. Hindustan Times.
9. Web site: माओवादियों को किया था हथियार सप्लाई, पीएसी, CRPF के 20 जवानों को 10 साल की सजा. Shruti Srivastava. 14 October 2023. Jansatta (जनसत्ता). Hindi.
10. Web site: Police must improve image: Shastri. 8 December 2000. The Times of India.
11. Web site: CM showers praises on police valour. 8 February 2009. The Times of India.
12. Web site: Officers of one of first UP Special Task Force teams to get President's Police Medal. 5 August 2016. The Indian Express.
13. Web site: Officers of one of first UP Special Task Force teams to get President's Police Medal. Bhanu Pratap. 8 January 2019. Patrika (पत्रिका).
14. Web site: LIST OF AWARDEES OF GALLANTRY MEDALS ON THE OCCASION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY-2016.
15. Web site: Who Is Rajesh Pandey? UP IPS Officer Involved In 50 Encounters. 16 June 2023. Zee News.
16. Web site: आइपीएस अफसर राजेश पाण्डेय को चौथी बार राष्ट्रपति का वीरता पदक. Dharmendra Pandey. 27 December 2018. Jagran (जागरण).
17. Web site: Mukul Goel to be new DGP, Awasthi retires. 1 July 2021. The Pioneer.
18. Web site: UP cop tests positive for COVID-19 weeks after second vaccine shot. 1 July 2021. The Hindu. Press Trust of India (PTI).
19. Web site: 43 IPS officers transferred, appointed to new Kanpur & Varanasi commissionerates. 26 March 2021. The Indian Express.
20. Web site: Ex Cop Tells Story Behind Hunt For "Most Dreaded" UP Gangster In His Book. Anurag Dwary. 24 September 2023. NDTV.