Pradeep Sharma

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Pradeep Sharma is a former police officer who is known as the encounter specialist of the Mumbai Encounter Squad. He is infamous for his connections with criminal organizations and his involvement in several cases including the Antilia bomb scare case.Pradeep Sharma was born in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, but he moved to Dhule, Maharashtra, at an early age with his family. He completed his formal education in Dhule. His father was a professor of English at a local college.Pradeep joined the police force in 1983, and he was posted as the sub-inspector of the Mahim police station. Old picture of Pradeep Sharma with his team outside the Criminal Intelligence Unit office.In May 1993, Pradeep was sent to neutralize the underworld hitman Subash Makadwala and succeeded in doing so after a brief chase and gunfight. Over the years, he kept working hard and getting promoted and ended up as the head of many police stations in the Mumbai region.After several controversies, Pradeep worked till 2019, retired from the head of Anti Extortion Cell, and joined Shiv Sena to start his political journey. Pradeep Sharma with Uddhav Thackeray after joining Shiv Sena.Pradeep Sharma contested elections for the Maharashtra assembly election from the Nalasopara seat, but he lost the elections to a candidate of Bahujan Vikash Aghadi, Kshitij Hitendra Thakur, by a difference of 43,729 votes. Pradeep Sharma addressing the crowd during an election rally speech.Pradeep Sharma is known as the encounter specialist of Mumbai Police involved in more than 300 shootouts. Out of these 300 shootouts, Sharma carried out 113 encounters on his own. [7]India Today.On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan in 2018, around 12,000 women gathered together to tie rakhi to the former cop Pradeep Sharma. A woman tying rakhi on Pradeep Sharmas wrist.Due to his connection with the notorious underworld criminals, several media houses gave Pradeep Sharma the nickname- Bombays Dirty Harry.Several reports have come forward stating that Sachin Vaze and Pradeep Sharma are close to each other, and Pradeep Sharma was Sachin Vazes mentor for a very long time. It was also reported that they were close to Param Bir Singh, who was posted as their reporting DCP in the early 90s.