PCS OFFICER involved in exposing scams in Govt Welfare Schemes - survived six bullet hits
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A provincial civil services officer, Rinku Singh Rahi, who launched his hunger strike in Lucknow on Monday demanding a probe into charges of corruption in state-run schemes, was whisked away by the police from the dharna site at midnight and taken to the psychiatric ward of a medical college in the city.
Doctors there, however, reportedly refused to admit him. He was then sent off to his hometown Aligarh.
In midnight drama in Uttar Pradesh's capital, Mr Rahi was picked up from outside the Lucknow assembly because the Chief Medical Officer diagnosed him with low blood pressure. He was first taken to the Balrampur hospital and later to the Lucknow medical college. Doctors at both hospitals refused to admit him.
Mr Rahi has been raising the issue of corruption in the state government sponsored schemes ever since his stint as the District Social Welfare Officer in Muzzafarnagar in 2009. He has exposed corruption to the tune of Rs. 40 crore, for which he also suffered an attempt on his life when the local mafia pumped six bullets into him on March 26, 2009 - in that assault, he lost vision in one eye.
He claims that attack was carried out at the behest of his department officials who he was trying to expose. A state government enquiry later on proved his claims that the spending of allocated funds was not accounted for by the Social Welfare Department for more than five years.
Mr Rahi is currently posted at the state-run coaching institute for IAS and IPS aspirants from the Dalit community in Aligarh.
A few days ago, before setting out for Lucknow for his hunger strike, the officer had told reporters in Aligarh that now with a regime change in UP, he was hopeful that the Akhilesh Yadav government will pay heed to his demands of a criminal investigation into the allegations of widespread corruption in social welfare schemes of the state government.
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Rinku was born on 20-05-1982 in a lower middle class family at Aligarh(U.P.). His father runs an Atta chakki. He did his elementary schooling form Aligarh. After Schooling, he went on to complete his B. Tech. in Metallurgy from NIT, Jamshedpur in 2002. In the same year he scored All India 17th Rank in GATE, which assured him a seat in his desired stream at any top technological institute of the country including IISC & IITs. However, he opted for a career in Civil Services.
In pursuance of this objective he appeared in various Civil Services Examinations/interviews and finally got selected for the post of District Social Welfare Officer through UPPCS Examination - 2004. He again received call for Interview for UPPCS - 2005 which he dropped as he is more inclined towards his present service.
He Joined the service on 26 November 2008 and was posted at Muzaffarnagar (U.P.) as his first posting.
Rinku started showing interest towards the cause of social development form his early years and he took initiative in establishing a Library as well as an Adult Education Center at Aligarh.
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Rinku Singh Rahi is a District Social Welfare Officer (qualified U.P.P.C.S. EXAM- 2004). He is an honest officer. He joined for the post of District Social Welfare Officer, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh on 24th November 2008.Where he found scam worth crore of rupees. He reported it to senior officer (Chief Development Officer) in written. But there was no action except corrupt people were reported about the report of scam & he was not given financial charge. After reporting it to other Departmental senior officers, he reported it to the District Magistrate, where he was directed to publish online all information of office, so that scam can be exposed with ease. In the meanwhile, when he visited a site for inspection (as per instruction of his senior officer.) the local mafia who had captured the site attacked on rinku, causing him serious injuries.
Looking into problems of students for scholarship & fee reimbursement & of old aged people, & other people belonging to below poverty line, as per his direction to publish whole data of office online,he collected information from Treasury & Banks, as he was not provided information from his own office.
With this work, he was threatened to his life from office of Principle Secretary of his department, if he continues to work honestly. After reporting it to other senior officer, he continued to work with honesty.
But as he was going to publish data of his office online, his accountant Ashok Kashyap & Mukesh Chaudhary (who has contested M.L.A. election two time & at present Block Pramukh) with the help of some other criminals attempted to murder him on 26 march 2009, when he was playing Badminton in his Official residence campus. Where he could survive hardly, but lost one eye & one jaw completely.Regarding this one criminal case was lodged in police station. & one enquiry committee was constituted. Report of enquiry committee contained only surficial instances of corruption. Even, a very clear case of corruption in INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OLD AGE PENSION SCHEME (whereby money was drawn for 62447 pensioner but number of pensioners in the pensioners list were only 47707 i.e. scam of about rs. 5.3 crore containingrs. Rs. 3.53 crore of Central Government)was not shown in report. Even though there were very surficial cases of corruption in report, yet no action has been taken even in that respect.
Finding the very true fact that had RinkuRahi been killed in attack, cause of attack i.e. scam worth rs. 30-40crorein a year could not have been even touched upon. But as he is alive, he is to expose scam so that students, poor people can be benefitted from recovered money &process of such corruption could find end at this point.
He approached several senior officers with some documentary evidences to get scam exposed. But he could not succeed. Then he tried to get simple & very basic information under RTI Act from his previous office to expose scam. But he was denied. Then as per rule, he appealed even to the State Information Commission, but he could not get desired information.
Looking into non-availability of information, he informed to the Chief Minister (copied to Several other Officers/Authority) by a letter dated 12.01.2011 that if he is not made available these very simple information by 25.03.2012 even after using all possible ways in reach, then he will be forced to go for fast unto death to request for Good Administration (what he termed as SUPRASHASANAGRAH).
But he could not get information, despite his approach to all possible ways in reach. Hence, fast unto death (even without water) was started in Lucknow at prescribed place for Strike. Where at about 10.30 p.m. Doctor stated falsely statement that Rinku Rahi did not passed urine from last two days, hence his health is very critical. Based upon this statement of Doctor, Police evicted Rinku from the protest place forcibly allegedly to save his life by giving him treatment. At the protest place, Police lathi charged the supporters. He was taken to Balarampur Hospital without any information to the supporters including any family members. Afterwards Rinku was referred to the psychiatric department. But after roaming to two hospitals, Police was denied to admit Rinku for psychiatric treatment by the Doctors’ team of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical College amidst immense pressure from Police Officials. Upon this movement, Rinku told that at Balarampur Hospital, he was admitted to hospital for treatment of after hunger strike phenomenon, but as soon one senior doctor arrived there & told the staff indicating Rinku that he has number of evidences against Government, & hence is a case similar to D.I.G. Mishra & hence his treatment should be alike. So, he reffered Rinku for “to be kept in 14 days observation” for psychiatric treatment & instructed Police that his file would be prepared just like D.I.G. Mishra & he will bring with him the old file. He also told that he was one of the member of the committee who declared D.I.G. Mishra mentally unstable.
After getting clean chit, Rinku along with his family members & supporters was forced to leave the Lucknow city. Hence, after coming to Aligarh, Rinku continued his fst unto death. Where, upon assurance that he would be provided information within a month, Rinku relaxed condition of fast with declaration that he would relax fast to the limit of liquid food but he will abstain from solid food upto one month of assurance & non receipt of information even after prescribed time will force him to go for fast unto death (without water) again.
Hence, upon non-receipt of information, he has decided to go for fast unto death in Delhi from 27.04.2012.
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A provincial civil services officer, Rinku Singh Rahi, who launched his hunger strike in Lucknow on Monday demanding a probe into charges of corruption in state-run schemes, was whisked away by the police from the dharna site at midnight and taken to the psychiatric ward of a medical college in the city.
Doctors there, however, reportedly refused to admit him. He was then sent off to his hometown Aligarh.
In midnight drama in Uttar Pradesh's capital, Mr Rahi was picked up from outside the Lucknow assembly because the Chief Medical Officer diagnosed him with low blood pressure. He was first taken to the Balrampur hospital and later to the Lucknow medical college. Doctors at both hospitals refused to admit him.
Mr Rahi has been raising the issue of corruption in the state government sponsored schemes ever since his stint as the District Social Welfare Officer in Muzzafarnagar in 2009. He has exposed corruption to the tune of Rs. 40 crore, for which he also suffered an attempt on his life when the local mafia pumped six bullets into him on March 26, 2009 - in that assault, he lost vision in one eye.
(wikipedia) Inquiry committee[edit]
After Rahi was attacked, an inquiry committee was set up under Alka Tandon, director of social selfare department – Meerut. The committee found no records of funds spent in the last five years by the Social welfare, corroborating Rahi's allegations. The committee also found embezzlement to the tune of 100 million rupees, associated with various welfare schemes in 2009, according to Narendra Kumar Chowdhary, Social welfare department director. The Committee submitted the report with findings that included:
- No records were found regarding the scholarships at 101 schools.
- No records were found about five years of verification of people who are getting benefits on name of Elderly[Old-age] schemes and Widow pension schemes.
- Money was distributed to families having no daughter as part of the Daughter's marriage scheme.
The report also hinted that the local officials of the education department's involvement in the malpractices of Scholarship scheme. The inquiry team found accounting discrepancies to the tune of millions of rupees in almost all the schemes.
Mr Rahi is currently posted at the state-run coaching institute for IAS and IPS aspirants from the Dalit community in Aligarh.
A few days ago, before setting out for Lucknow for his hunger strike, the officer had told reporters in Aligarh that now with a regime change in UP, he was hopeful that the Akhilesh Yadav government will pay heed to his demands of a criminal investigation into the allegations of widespread corruption in social welfare schemes of the state government.
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More: Source 1 & 2
Rinku was born on 20-05-1982 in a lower middle class family at Aligarh(U.P.). His father runs an Atta chakki. He did his elementary schooling form Aligarh. After Schooling, he went on to complete his B. Tech. in Metallurgy from NIT, Jamshedpur in 2002. In the same year he scored All India 17th Rank in GATE, which assured him a seat in his desired stream at any top technological institute of the country including IISC & IITs. However, he opted for a career in Civil Services.
In pursuance of this objective he appeared in various Civil Services Examinations/interviews and finally got selected for the post of District Social Welfare Officer through UPPCS Examination - 2004. He again received call for Interview for UPPCS - 2005 which he dropped as he is more inclined towards his present service.
He Joined the service on 26 November 2008 and was posted at Muzaffarnagar (U.P.) as his first posting.
Rinku started showing interest towards the cause of social development form his early years and he took initiative in establishing a Library as well as an Adult Education Center at Aligarh.
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Facebook page :
Rinku Singh Rahi is a District Social Welfare Officer (qualified U.P.P.C.S. EXAM- 2004). He is an honest officer. He joined for the post of District Social Welfare Officer, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh on 24th November 2008.Where he found scam worth crore of rupees. He reported it to senior officer (Chief Development Officer) in written. But there was no action except corrupt people were reported about the report of scam & he was not given financial charge. After reporting it to other Departmental senior officers, he reported it to the District Magistrate, where he was directed to publish online all information of office, so that scam can be exposed with ease. In the meanwhile, when he visited a site for inspection (as per instruction of his senior officer.) the local mafia who had captured the site attacked on rinku, causing him serious injuries.
Looking into problems of students for scholarship & fee reimbursement & of old aged people, & other people belonging to below poverty line, as per his direction to publish whole data of office online,he collected information from Treasury & Banks, as he was not provided information from his own office.
With this work, he was threatened to his life from office of Principle Secretary of his department, if he continues to work honestly. After reporting it to other senior officer, he continued to work with honesty.
But as he was going to publish data of his office online, his accountant Ashok Kashyap & Mukesh Chaudhary (who has contested M.L.A. election two time & at present Block Pramukh) with the help of some other criminals attempted to murder him on 26 march 2009, when he was playing Badminton in his Official residence campus. Where he could survive hardly, but lost one eye & one jaw completely.Regarding this one criminal case was lodged in police station. & one enquiry committee was constituted. Report of enquiry committee contained only surficial instances of corruption. Even, a very clear case of corruption in INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OLD AGE PENSION SCHEME (whereby money was drawn for 62447 pensioner but number of pensioners in the pensioners list were only 47707 i.e. scam of about rs. 5.3 crore containingrs. Rs. 3.53 crore of Central Government)was not shown in report. Even though there were very surficial cases of corruption in report, yet no action has been taken even in that respect.
Finding the very true fact that had RinkuRahi been killed in attack, cause of attack i.e. scam worth rs. 30-40crorein a year could not have been even touched upon. But as he is alive, he is to expose scam so that students, poor people can be benefitted from recovered money &process of such corruption could find end at this point.
He approached several senior officers with some documentary evidences to get scam exposed. But he could not succeed. Then he tried to get simple & very basic information under RTI Act from his previous office to expose scam. But he was denied. Then as per rule, he appealed even to the State Information Commission, but he could not get desired information.
Looking into non-availability of information, he informed to the Chief Minister (copied to Several other Officers/Authority) by a letter dated 12.01.2011 that if he is not made available these very simple information by 25.03.2012 even after using all possible ways in reach, then he will be forced to go for fast unto death to request for Good Administration (what he termed as SUPRASHASANAGRAH).
But he could not get information, despite his approach to all possible ways in reach. Hence, fast unto death (even without water) was started in Lucknow at prescribed place for Strike. Where at about 10.30 p.m. Doctor stated falsely statement that Rinku Rahi did not passed urine from last two days, hence his health is very critical. Based upon this statement of Doctor, Police evicted Rinku from the protest place forcibly allegedly to save his life by giving him treatment. At the protest place, Police lathi charged the supporters. He was taken to Balarampur Hospital without any information to the supporters including any family members. Afterwards Rinku was referred to the psychiatric department. But after roaming to two hospitals, Police was denied to admit Rinku for psychiatric treatment by the Doctors’ team of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical College amidst immense pressure from Police Officials. Upon this movement, Rinku told that at Balarampur Hospital, he was admitted to hospital for treatment of after hunger strike phenomenon, but as soon one senior doctor arrived there & told the staff indicating Rinku that he has number of evidences against Government, & hence is a case similar to D.I.G. Mishra & hence his treatment should be alike. So, he reffered Rinku for “to be kept in 14 days observation” for psychiatric treatment & instructed Police that his file would be prepared just like D.I.G. Mishra & he will bring with him the old file. He also told that he was one of the member of the committee who declared D.I.G. Mishra mentally unstable.
After getting clean chit, Rinku along with his family members & supporters was forced to leave the Lucknow city. Hence, after coming to Aligarh, Rinku continued his fst unto death. Where, upon assurance that he would be provided information within a month, Rinku relaxed condition of fast with declaration that he would relax fast to the limit of liquid food but he will abstain from solid food upto one month of assurance & non receipt of information even after prescribed time will force him to go for fast unto death (without water) again.
Hence, upon non-receipt of information, he has decided to go for fast unto death in Delhi from 27.04.2012.
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