Bihar: Gupteshwar Pandey had made a controversial assertion on Rhea Chakraborty.
Patna:
Bihar has a brand new police chief as Gupteshwar Pandey — who lately made headlines in reference to the case involving the demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput — has taken voluntary retirement. It’s believed that Mr Pandey has determined to make the leap into politics after getting a go forward from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
SK Singhal has been appointed as the brand new police chief of Bihar.
Sources confirmed that his utility was forwarded on Tuesday night and a proper notification was issued by the Ministry of House Affairs.
Sources additionally stated Mr Pandey is prone to contest because the NDA candidate from Sahpur in Buxar district.
Within the information generally for his controversial statements, Mr Pandey had by no means hid his political ambitions. In 2009, he had tried to get a ticket from the Buxar parliamentary constituency, however failed. Later, following the intervention of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, he got here again in service.
Mr Pandey was instrumental within the Bihar authorities’s push within the Sushant Singh Rajput case after his household alleged the complicity of his good friend Rhea Chakraborty. Forward of state elections in Bihar, the matter had taken a deep political flip.
After the Supreme Courtroom order allowed the switch of the case to the CBI, the Bihar police chief had declared that Rhea Chakraborty “doesn’t have the aukat (stature)” to touch upon the Chief Minister, referring to her remarks within the prime courtroom in regards to the political angle.
“What the police did was appropriate, and in line with authorized and constitutional provisions,” he instructed reporters.
He, nevertheless, amended the assertion after public outrage, saying what he meant was that Rhea Chakraborty, as an accused within the case, had no proper to criticise the Chief Minister.
In earlier statements to the media, Mr Pandey had admitted that the case had turned political and stated that it was “unlucky” that “allegations had been being leveled in opposition to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar”.
