Rajeshwar Singh

Major achievements of Dr. Rajeshwar Singh’s career

A brief description of Dr. Rajeshwar Singh’s 15 years of illustrious career in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as an officer and later as ED Joint Director, Lucknow Zone.

Working in ED, Dr. Singh exposed several big financial scams in the country and sent many white-collar criminals to jail. Some of the notable investigations conducted by him include the 2G spectrum allocation scam, AgustaWestland Chopper deal, Aircel Maxis scam, Amrapali scam, Ablaze Ponzi scheme scam, Gomti riverfront scam etc.

While working in the Enforcement Directorate, Dr. Singh seized movable and immovable assets worth over Rs. 4,000 crore earned by politicians, bureaucrats, musclemen, and mafia under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Besides that, he also served show-cause notices to people in cases related to movable and immovable property worth Rs. 20,000 crore under FEMA. During all these high-profile investigations, several attempts were also made to intimidate him and remove him from investigations. Over a hundred false complaints were filed against him and his family, but Dr. Singh continued to follow the path of duty fearlessly.

He also contributed to the development and prosperity of Uttar Pradesh by preventing the loss of crores of rupees in state revenue.

He was also the key officer who booked former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram in 2-G spectrum allocation scam and Aircel Maxis case. Apart from them, he also sent many big political leaders like Om Prakash Chautala, Madhu Koda, Jagan Reddy, Mohammad Iqbal, Gayatri Prajapati, Azam Khan to jail under corruption and fraud cases.

He booked several mafia leaders in Uttar Pradesh like Atiq Ahmed, Mukhtar Ansari, Vijay Mishra under PMLA for illegally acquiring movable and immovable property worth crores of rupees. The investigations are still going on against all these leaders.

ED tightens the noose on UP mafia and Bahubali former MP Atiq Ahmed and attached assets worth Rs 8.14 crore in a money laundering case. The amount of land and bank accounts are registered in the name of gangster Ahmed and his wife Shaista Parveen. The action was taken by the zonal office of Lucknow.

A brief description of the achievements of Rajeshwar Singh’s 10-year work as Deputy SP in Uttar Pradesh Police.

Dr. Singh got the joint responsibility of crime and traffic in his first posting in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow. Dr. Singh improved the police system by strengthening the beat system and informer system. Dr. Singh eliminated several organized gangs including the ‘Kachha Banyan’ gang using electronic surveillance and other scientific methods.

With an aim to make the state capital crime-free, Dr. Singh launched a strict campaign against the criminals and encountered more than 30 wanted criminals. Many criminals were also arrested and put behind the bars.

Among the list of history-sheeters, many hardcore criminals like Ratan Singh, Vijay Menon, Raka Pasi, Vivek Bhatt, Yajuvendra alias Kala, Rajesh Chauhan, Surendra Singh, Santosh Kumar alias Banda Badshah, Vinod Pal Yadav, Uzair Ahmed, dacoit Jagga Sardar were killed in police encounters under his leadership.

After the encounter of the dreaded criminal Ratan Singh, Dr. Singh was awarded the ‘President’s Gallantry Medal’, the highest award for gallantry in police service in 2005, by the then President Hon’ble Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

Dr. Singh solved many cases of kidnapping and robbery, as a result, many criminals were killed in police encounters and many were arrested and sent to jail.

Dr. Singh established a crime branch in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow.

While posted in Prayagraj (Allahabad), Dr. Singh exposed a big scam of fake bail provider at Allahabad High Court.