Swaran Ram Darapuri
Sarwan Ram Darapuri, was the third highest ranking police officer in Uttar Pradesh, social activist and politician.
Swaran Ram Darapuri | |
|---|---|
| Inspector General of Police Uttar Pradesh | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 Jalandhar, Punjab |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Children | Ved Kumar (businessman) |
| Residence | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| Alma mater | Ramgharia College, Phagwara |
| Occupation | Indian Police Service, Social Activist, Politician |
Early life
S.R.Darapuri was born in 1944 into Chamar caste to Naranjan Ram at Punjab. Darapuri is an Ambedkarite and also converted into Buddhism.[1] He completed his Physical Sciences from the Ramgharia College, Phagwara (Punjab).
He worked as a Science Lecturer in Punjab, District Organiser of National Savings Organisation (GOI), Assistant in Ministry of Finance (GOI), New Delhi and the Customs Appraiser in Customs Department (GOI) at Bombay.[2]
Civil Service
He is a Indian Police Services officer from 1972 batch of Uttar Pradesh.[3]
He became Inspector General of Police of state, Uttar Pradesh. Darapuri got lastly posted at Police Training Centre, Sitapur and got retired in 2003.[4][5]
Politics
He was State Coordinator of Lok Rajniti Manch of U.P and the Member of Coordination Committee for Jan Sangharsh Morcha.
He is National Secretary and the Spokesman of All India People's Front (Radical).[6]
He contested in 2009 Indian General elections of Lok Sabha from Lucknow constituency and in 2014 Indian general elections he contested from the Robertsganj constituency but lost at both times.[7][8]
He criticised and questioned the role of the police after inspector Subodh Singh was killed in the 2019 Bulandshahr violence and 2018 Kasganj violence.[9]
Social Service
Darapuri is Vice President of People's Union for Civil Liberties in U.P, advisor for National Commission for Scheduled Castes, RTI Campaign committee member of U.P and the convener of Dalit Mukti Morcha. Also a convener of the World Conference on Religion and Peace (Lucknow branch) and President of Society for Promoting Buddhist Knowledge.[10]
Darapuri was arrested in 2017 for protesting against Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh.[11] In 2019 he was against arrested in anti CAA protests at Uttar Pradesh and kept in house arrest and released after few adays.[12]
References
- "Why Is S R Darapuri In Jail?". Countercurrents. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- "Our Democracy". Our Democracy. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- "Retired IPS officer, held over anti-CAA protests, 'works on rights issues'". The Indian Express. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- "S R Darapuri - An upright police officer turned human rights activist, now accused of inciting violence". SabrangIndia. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- "'Encounters lead to acceptance of violence in society'". Deccan Herald. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- "Police condemned for falsely implicating Students' activists". The Siasat Daily. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- Farz; LucknowApril 29, Ahmed; April 29, 2009UPDATED:; Ist, 2009 14:44. "Maya's base is shrinking: Darapuri". India Today. Retrieved 7 June 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- Tewari, Ruhi (16 April 2019). "Yogi critic, Mumbai ex-top cop — IAS & IPS officers moving to politics this Lok Sabha polls". ThePrint. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- "'Muslim Detainees Beaten Up Twice': Ex-IPS Officer on UP Police". The Quint. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- "Criminals and anti-social, eh?". National Herald. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- "IN UP, retired IPS officer S R Darapuri, others held for staging anti government protests". The Financial Express. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- Dec 25, Mohita Tewari | TNN | Updated:; 2019; Ist, 09:07. "CAA protests in Lucknow: Ex-IPS a cancer patient and champion of human rights | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 June 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)