Patna, April 9 -- Former IPS officer Shivdeep Lande on Tuesday announced the formation of a new political outfit 'Hindu Sena Party' which, he declared, will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar. Lande, who had resigned from the Indian Police Service less than a year ago, made the announcement at a press conference.
The 2006 batch officer, whose flamboyant style of functioning had earned him the epithet 'Singham of Bihar', said he considered the state his 'karmabhoomi', despite having his roots in Maharashtra. Notably, the 49-year-old former IPS officer is the son in law of Vijay Shivtare, a Shiv Sena leader and former Maharashtra minister.
Talking to reporters, Lande said "I did my best to serve the people while in IPS, when I...