Shailendra Singh: The ex-cop who was hounded by Mulayam Yadav authorities for appearing in opposition to Mukhtar Ansari

The Yogi Adityanath authorities in Uttar Pradesh has withdrawn a 17-year-old case in opposition to a former Deputy SP Sailendra Singh in Varanasi. The ex-cop has been exonerated from a pretend case of vandalism that was filed in opposition to him after he had a fall out with the then ruling Samajwadi Party authorities in Uttar Pradesh in 2004.
Sailendra Singh was implicated within the false case for recommending the arrest of mafia don turned politician Mukhtar Ansari beneath POTA after recovering a lightweight machine gun (LMG) from the premises of the dreaded gangster.
‘I and my family will remain indebted to the chief minister for this gesture’, teary-eyed ex-DySP Sailendra Singh thanks Yogi Aditynath
CJM Varanasi has ordered the withdrawal of the case in opposition to former Deputy SP Shailendra Singh. Reacting to the choice, the ex-DySP tweeted to thank Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for withdrawing pretend instances in opposition to him. “I got a copy of the court order today only. I thank Yogi Adityanath ji from the core of my heart and would remain indebted to him for life,” he mentioned within the tweet.
In a video that surfaced on-line, the teary-eyed ex-cop advised the media that “a criminal case was lodged against me in Varanasi and I was put in jail. However, when Yogi Adityanath came to power, he initiated the process to withdraw the case. I have received a copy of the court order and I and my family will remain indebted to the chief minister for this gesture,” he mentioned.
Singh recounts 17-years of trauma inflicted on him and his household by the then ruling SP dispensation
Shailendra Singh recollects how his profession was ruined and the trauma his household needed to face after the then ruling Samajwadi Party slapped dozens of costs in opposition to him for appearing in opposition to the mafia don.
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Heaving a sigh of reduction, the previous DSP mentioned that he was pleased that the reality had lastly prevailed. He claimed that the felony case filed in opposition to him was nothing however an arm twisting tactic of the then ruling occasion to silence him. He advised the media individuals that it was due to the felony case that his life was ruined. He was unable to acquire a passport or an arms licence, lamented the ex-cop.
The ex-cop acknowledged that he nonetheless had ore than 20 years of police service left when he needed to resign. He grew to become emotional talking about how his household has suffered whereas he was in jail and acknowledged that CM Yogi had talked to his household again then and had promised that he’ll get the false costs in opposition to the officer dropped.
The 2004 machine gun case for which Shailendra Singh needed to resign from the workplace of the UP Police
For the uninitiated, this is identical case for which Shailendra Singh needed to resign as an officer of the UP Police in 2004.
In 2004, Shailendra Singh was in command of the Varanasi unit of the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh. The DySP had raided the premises of Mukhtar Ansari in January 2004 and had recovered banned LMG (gentle machine gun) simply earlier than the assassination of BJP MLA Krishnand Rai and 6 others. The DySP had then filed an FIR and slapped POTA on the mafia don.
The DySP had intercepted a telephone dialog the place Mukhtar Ansari was allegedly attempting to acquire an LMG from a fugitive soldier named Babu Lal Yadav. Shailendra Sigh had raided on the premise of knowledge gathered and had recovered the LMG and 200 dwell cartridges. Babu Lal Yadav and his uncle Munar Yadav, who was working as Mukhtar Ansari’s gunner, had been arrested on the spot.
Following this, the Mulayam Singh authorities, who was on the helm of affairs in Uttar Pradesh then, began mounting strain on the ex-cop to withdraw the case or take away Mukhtar Ansari’s title from the POTA case. Sailendra Singh, nevertheless, refused to buckle down beneath strain and resigned from his put up because the DySP in February 2004.
After just a few months of his resignation, the then SP authorities implicated the officer in pretend instances and put him behind the jail. Fighting all odds, Singh got here out on bail and joined the Congress occasion in Uttar Pradesh.
Sailendra Singh stored combating in opposition to the institution to show his innocence till the BJP authorities led by Yogi Adityanath got here to energy within the state and filed an utility within the courtroom to withdraw instances in opposition to Shailendra Singh.
Soon after Yogi Adityanath got here to energy, the UP authorities had filed a petition within the courtroom to withdraw instances in opposition to Singh in December 2017.
On March 6 2021, the courtroom lastly accredited the state authorities’s plea to withdraw instances in opposition to the previous DySP.
The unlawful empire erected by mafia don Mukhtar Ansari is now in shambles. The Yogi authorities has not solely demolished his unlawful properties and cracked down on his associates, they’ve now gained a Supreme Court case in opposition to the Punjab authorities to deliver the mafia chief to face justice in UP.