Shivdeep Wamanrao LandeWhy is Patna crying for this cop?"" is an

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of 2006 Batch. He is currently serving as Deputy Inspector General- Kosi division, Bihar. Earlier, he served as the

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Araria Araria is a city and a municipality that is the headquarters of Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar. Araria is situated in the northern part of Bihar. Etymology During the British Raj the area was under the administration of a British ...

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and

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districts of

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. His tenure as the SP of

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(Central Region) was quite popular. He arrested many criminals and took action against offenders. Lande was popular as he took strict action against eve-teasers. Shivdeep Lande has been affectionately given many names such as 'Dabbang', 'Singham' and 'The Supercop' by the people. As per media reports, he donates 60% to 70% of his salary to the sangathan which organizes mass marriages of poor girls and runs coaching classes and a hostel for students in Akola to "Aid Them Realize Their Dreams".

Early life and family

Shivdeep Lande was born on 29 August 1976 in

Akola Akola () is a municipal corporation and the third largest city in Vidarbha after Nagpur and Amravati and tenth largest city in Maharashtra. is located about east of the state capital, Mumbai, and west of the second capital, Nagpur. Akola ...

district in the Vidarbha Area of

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. He was born in a Maharashtrian farmer's family. He married Mamta Shivtare on 2 February 2014, he has a daughter named Arhaa. Mamta Shivtare is the daughter of

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the Former

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For Water Resources And Water Conservation, and is also the Guardian Minister of Satara District in Maharashtra.

Education and career

Lande received his early education from Saraswati Vidya Mandir High School in his hometown

, and his bachelor's degree in

electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

from

Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering (SSGMCE) is an engineering college at Shegaon in Buldhana District of Maharashtra, India. It is affiliated to Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University. SSGMCE was established on 23 August 1983 by Shr ...

, Shegaon in Maharashtra, India. Lande joined the Indian Police Services after completing his training at

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in Hyderabad. Although he was first selected for Indian Revenue Services, later he joined the Indian Police Service in 2006.

References

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