Working out at the gym proved fatal for a senior IPS officer, SK Pandey, who collapsed complaining uneasiness on Friday morning. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Pandey was serving as Additional Director-General (Addl DG) of Home Guards and Disaster Management. He was working out in the Arera Club gym, when he suffered cardiac arrest.
According to police, Pandey was immediately rushed to JP Hospital where he was declared dead.
A 1988 batch IPS officer, Pandey (55 years) hailed from Arrah town in Bhojpur district of Bihar. Pandey had served in various capacities including SP Sarguja, Jabalpur, Mandla, Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Intelligence Bureau (IB), IG CID and IG law and Order, ADG, Anti-Naxalite Special Operations of the State.
Senior IPS officer, SK Pandey was the chairman of the technical committee for selection and procurement of security related equipment.
Pandey was the IG, law and Order in Madhya Pradesh police from 2011 to 2013, during which he was responsible for the security of the Governor and the Chief Minister, besides protection of vital installations and policy framework for the internal security framework.
He was in the Cabinet Secretariat, Special Protection Group (SPG), responsible for the security of highest political executives.
He has trained SPG commandos and other specialised units both for strategic protection and special intervention.
Senior IPS officer, SK Pandey had also handled the special requirement of high security armored vehicles such as BMW and operational vehicles.
He was on the panel that selected the President's armoured limousine, said a senior officer.