Bihar’s Singham Marathi IPS officer Shivdeep Lande resigns, gives no clear reason

Pune: Marathi IPS officer Shivdeep Lande, who is known as Bihar’s Singham, has resigned from the police service. He has revealed this in a post on social media.

He is a popular officer in Bihar. Lande’s postings as the SP in Araria, Purnia and Jamalpur were impressive. He was serving as the Superintendent in Bihar’s Special Task Force.

Details of the social media post

Lande said in his post: ‘Dear Bihar, I am resigning from my government post after serving for the last 18 years. During my tenure in Bihar, I have always held Bihar supreme over myself and my family. Please forgive me if I have made any mistake during my tenure. I have resigned from the IPS. But I will stay in Bihar. Henceforth, Bihar will be my place of work.”

Electrical engineer becomes IPS officer

Lande was born on August 29, 1976 at Badsingi in Buldhana district. He had a poor family background. He completed his education from a ZP school. Later, he graduated in engineering from the Amravati University through government quota. Later, he worked as a lecturer in Mumbai in many colleges and took the UPSC exam. He is an IPS officer of 2006 batch.

First posting at Jamalpur

After his selection, Lande was posted as a trainee SP in Jamalpur near Munger in Bihar, which was a Naxal-affected area. SP Surendra Babu was killed by Naxals in 2005. Hence, police officials were afraid of joining the posting there. However, Lande won the confidence of local people in his very first posting. He used to meet local people personally and would get their cooperation. This helped in reducing crime. Lande took many direct actions in Bihar, which led to political pressure on him. He was transferred. But the people of Bihar opposed his transfer.

Impressive stint in Maharashtra too

Meanwhile, Lande was posted in Mumbai. He is the son-in-law of Shiv Sena (BT) leader Vijay Shivtare. Lande broke the backbone of drug smugglers in Mumbai during his tenure in the Anti-Narcotics Cell. He also detected many criminal cases while serving as the DCP of the Crime Branch.