Uttar Pradesh Police Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) Anti-Terrorism Squad (UP ATS)
Service years
1986-2021[1][3][4]
Rank
Inspector General
Badge no.
20062538
Awards
President’s Police Medal for Gallantry & Three Bars Police Medal for Meritorious Service United Nations Medal (UNMIK)
Rajesh Kumar Pandey, PMG & Three Bars, PM, UNM (Hindi: 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.[5][6][7][8]
He is the founding member of Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) and the state's counterterrorism unit, Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).[3][5][6][9][10]
He has been awarded the President's Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) four times in 1999, 2000, 2007 and 2016.[11][12][13][14][15] During his deputation to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo, he was conferred with the United Nations Medal in 2008.[16][17] He retired from the Uttar Pradesh Police as IG, Election Cell on 30 June 2021, after 35 years of service.[4][7][18][19]
Following his retirement, the Government of Uttar Pradesh appointed him as the nodal security officer of UPEIDA and Purvanchal Expressway.[3] In 2023, Pandey co-authored his first book Operation Bazooka along with journalist and media-studies professor, Rakesh Goswami.[9][20]
^ abcdNishant Nandan (12 March 2021). "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" (in Hindi). Jansatta (जनसत्ता).
^ abcPrasoon Pandey (6 April 2019). "माफिया डॉन श्री प्रकाश शुक्ला का इनकाउंटर करने वाले पुलिस अधिकारी की बेटी बनी आईएएस" (in Hindi). Patrika (पत्रिका).
^ abcSanjay Kumar Srivastava (8 November 2021). "पूर्वांचल एक्सप्रेस-वे और यूपीडा के नोडल सिक्योरिटी ऑफिसर राजेश कुमार पाण्डेय नियुक्त" (in Hindi). Patrika (पत्रिका).
^ ab"Mukul Goel to be new DGP, Awasthi retires". The Pioneer. 1 July 2021.
^ abChandan Kumar Jajware (2 February 2023). "गौतम अदानी के 25 साल पहले हुए अपहरण का बिहार और यूपी कनेक्शन" (in Hindi). BBC News हिंदी.
^ abShikha Salaria (5 May 2023). "Hunt for 'gangster out to kill CM Kalyan Singh' to Encounter no. 1 — retd cop recalls how UP STF was born". The Print.
^ abShikha Salaria (24 April 2023). "Did Guddu Muslim backstab Atiq? 'Bomb specialist's' history with old bosses sparks speculation". The Print.
^Preetam Srivastava (3 April 2021). "Resentment brewing among officers of state police services cadre". The Pioneer.
^ abPercy Bharucha (4 January 2024). "Review: Operation Bazooka by Rajesh Pandey and Rakesh Goswami". Hindustan Times.
^Shruti Srivastava (14 October 2023). "माओवादियों को किया था हथियार सप्लाई, पीएसी, CRPF के 20 जवानों को 10 साल की सजा" (in Hindi). Jansatta (जनसत्ता).
^"Police must improve image: Shastri". The Times of India. 8 December 2000.
^"CM showers praises on police valour". The Times of India. 8 February 2009.
^"Officers of one of first UP Special Task Force teams to get President's Police Medal". The Indian Express. 5 August 2016.
^Bhanu Pratap (8 January 2019). "Officers of one of first UP Special Task Force teams to get President's Police Medal". Patrika (पत्रिका).
^"LIST OF AWARDEES OF GALLANTRY MEDALS ON THE OCCASION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY-2016" (PDF).
^"Who Is Rajesh Pandey? UP IPS Officer Involved In 50 Encounters". Zee News. 16 June 2023.
^Dharmendra Pandey (27 December 2018). "आइपीएस अफसर राजेश पाण्डेय को चौथी बार राष्ट्रपति का वीरता पदक". Jagran (जागरण).
^"UP cop tests positive for COVID-19 weeks after second vaccine shot". The Hindu. Press Trust of India (PTI). 1 July 2021.
^"43 IPS officers transferred, appointed to new Kanpur & Varanasi commissionerates". The Indian Express. 26 March 2021.
^Anurag Dwary (24 September 2023). "Ex Cop Tells Story Behind Hunt For "Most Dreaded" UP Gangster In His Book". NDTV.
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President’s Police Medal for Gallantry & Three Bars
Police Medal for Meritorious Service
United Nations Medal (UNMIK)