{
  "id": 18301542,
  "title": "Meet suspended ACP Manasvi Vashistha, an IIT graduate; he served as PSO to former VP Jagdeep Dhankhar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/meet-suspended-acp-manasvi-vashistha-an-iit-graduate-he-served-as-pso",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-05T12:05:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/meet-suspended-acp-manasvi-vashistha-an-iit-graduate-he-served-as-pso-to-former-vp-jagdeep-dhankhar-11793878087223.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Manasvi Vashistha, a 2019 batch officer from the Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service (DANIPS), recently found himself in the news due to his recent suspension as ACP. Before joining the Delhi Police, Vashistha served as the Personal Security Officer (PSO) to former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, a role he held until his resignation in 2025. Vashistha's career has been diverse, including stints with the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and serving as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Diglipur and Havelock, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. His suspension has sparked a police protest, with around 100 officers, including women, gathering outside the Delhi Police headquarters demanding reinstatement of the officers involved. The controversy began after advocate Lalit Bansal sustained a serious head injury and an FIR was registered at Shahdara Police Station.",
  "summary": "Born and raised in Jaipur, Manasvi Vashistha comes from a family of doctors. He studied mechanical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, from 2009 to 2013.",
  "key_points": [
    "Manasvi Vashistha, IIT graduate, served as PSO to former VP Jagdeep Dhankhar",
    "Suspended as ACP, controversy sparked by advocate Lalit Bansal's injury",
    "100 officers protest, demand reinstatement"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}