SC Summons West Bengal DGP Piyush Pandey in SIR Case: Who is He?

• Supreme Court issued a stern warning to West Bengal government against obstructing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of the electoral roll.
• The court has issued a notice to West Bengal's acting DGP, Piyush Pandey, asking him to file a personal affidavit.
• Piyush Pandey, a 1993-batch IPS officer, was appointed acting DGP on January 31, 2026, after Rajiv Kumar's retirement.
• Pandey, originally from Kanpur, studied B.Tech at BIT Ranchi and M.Tech at IIT Kanpur.
• He previously served in PM Narendra Modi's SPG and has family ties to Kanpur, with his elder son working as a lawyer at Calcutta High Court.