Shailendra Singh (police officer) explained

Shailendra Singh is a former Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Uttar Pradesh Police in India.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Following his 2004 resignation, the Congress Party appointed him the chair of its Right to Information Task Force for the province of Uttar Pradesh.

Singh was arrested in September 2008.[1] Authorities claimed he had been arrested while he tried to lead a gang in ransacking the offices of the State Information Commission.Political colleagues asserted he had been arrested in his own home, at 1:30am, and that his arrest was politically motivated.Singh was released on bail on 2008, October 2.[4]

References

  1. News: Congress protest over arrest of ex-DSP in UP . . 2008-09-26 . 2008-10-12 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217022634/http://news.oneindia.in/2008/09/26/congress-protest-over-arrest-of-ex-dsp-in-up-1222418306.html . 2012-02-17.
  2. News: Congress protest over arrest of ex-DSP in UP . . March 2007 . 2008-10-12 . In a specific charge UPCC task force chief Shailendra Singh alleges that the case of Mr. Shashank Mishra versus vice-chancellor of U.P. Technical University was dismissed twice by the chief information commissioner without hearing it. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20101104215436/http://www.ifwj.in/issues/current%20issues/March_2007/March_2007.pdf . 2010-11-04.
  3. News: Congress member arrested in Uttar Pradesh . . 2008-09-26 . 2008-10-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081003232411/http://www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/23735.htm . October 3, 2008 .
  4. News: Congress RTI activist Shailendra Singh released on bail . . 2008-10-02 . 2008-10-12 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20081003092519/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/congress-rti-activist-shailendra-singh-released-on-bail_100102558.html . 2008-10-03.
  5. News: UP Cong to launch statewide stir . 2008-09-26 . 2008-10-12 . dead . https://archive.today/20081012080017/http://www.saharasamay.com/samayhtml/Articles.aspx?NewsId=105907 . October 12, 2008.