Himachal Pradesh Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Sanjeev Gandhi, has gone through many ups and downs in his nearly three-decade-long police career. The former Shimla top cop has now been booked by the Shimla police in two separate cases over the last two days.

On Thursday, the police registered an FIR against DIG Gandhi on charges of cheating, forgery and misappropriation of about Rs 2.35 lakh of government funds during his stint as the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Shimla .

He was booked under Sections 316 (5), 314, 318, 336 and 340 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, on the complaint of a police constable Jagdish Kumar, who accused him of diverting his Rs 1.80 lakh reimbursement amount incurred on various official work despite obtaining his signatures on certain documents.

Gandhi, 53, who had served as the SP Shimla from January 23, 2023, to February 7, 2026, has rejected the allegation as false, calling it a “witch hunt” against him.…