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Uttarakhand dismisses constable who joined NEET paper leak protest
A police officer named Sher Singh works in Uttarakhand, a state in India.
He was very upset that exam papers were being leaked and that cheating was common in big exams.
He said exam papers were even being sold at paan shops.
So he went to a protest in Delhi with a group called the Cockroach Janta Party.
At the protest, he waved a resignation letter and said he was quitting his job.
The police say he was suspended before the protest and then fired for breaking service rules.
They also say he had earlier been in jail for land grabbing and threatening people.
Sher Singh says his bosses made up false cases against him.
He says he will keep fighting to clean up the education system even if he is jailed many times.
He also says he opened 85 free schools for poor children.
The Uttarakhand government terminated constable Sher Singh for insubordination and violating service rules.
Sher Singh spoke at a Cockroach Janta Party protest at Jantar Mantar on July 25 against the NEET paper leak and exam irregularities.
He claimed he submitted his resignation in protest against the police-mafia nexus and was trapped in false cases by his seniors.
Pithoragarh SP Akshay Prahlad Singh said Sher Singh was jailed on September 15 last year for intimidation and land grabbing in Haridwar before being granted bail.
The termination strips Sher Singh of post-service benefits including pension, though he will receive his provident fund and gratuity.
- Who
- Constable Sher Singh of the Uttarakhand Police, Pithoragarh SP Akshay Prahlad Singh, and the Uttarakhand government.
- What
- Uttarakhand terminated constable Sher Singh's service after he joined a protest at Jantar Mantar against the NEET paper leak and exam irregularities.
- Where
- Uttarakhand state, India, and the Jantar Mantar protest venue in Delhi.
- When
- The protest took place on July 25; Sher Singh was suspended on July 20 and his termination was announced on Wednesday.
- Why
- The government cited insubordination and violation of service rules, while Sher Singh says he acted in protest against the police-mafia nexus and exam irregularities.
Constable Sher Singh
Uttarakhand Police / Government
Reason for Leaving Service
Constable Sher Singh
Sher Singh says he resigned first in protest against the police-mafia nexus and was never suspended.
Uttarakhand Police / Government
The government says he was suspended on July 20 for failing to reply to a departmental notice and then terminated for insubordination and violating service rules.
Criminal Record
Constable Sher Singh
Sher Singh claims his seniors trapped him in false cases and prevented him from acting against land-grabbing and paper-leak masterminds.
Uttarakhand Police / Government
Police say he was jailed for intimidation and land grabbing in Haridwar district and was later granted bail.
Protest Against Exam Leaks
Constable Sher Singh
Sher Singh frames the protest as a just battle to cleanse the education system, citing exam papers being sold at paan shops.
Uttarakhand Police / Government
The police treated his conduct during the protest as a service violation warranting disciplinary action.
Key facts
- Officer
- Constable Sher Singh, posted in Pithoragarh district
- Action Taken
- Terminated from service for insubordination and violating service rules
- Protest
- Cockroach Janta Party protest at Jantar Mantar against NEET paper leak
- Protest Date
- July 25
- Suspension Date
- July 20, for failing to reply to a departmental notice
- Criminal Record
- Jailed on September 15 last year for intimidation and land grabbing in Haridwar; later granted bail
- Service Benefits
- Loses pension; will receive provident fund and gratuity
- Schools Claim
- Claimed to have opened 85 Bhim Pathshalas in Haridwar and Pithoragarh
Quotes
Akshay Prahlad Singh
Pithoragarh superintendent of police
“Exam papers are sold in paan shops in Uttarakhand. What will I get by protecting the job of a policeman when I can’t do anything against the crooks?”
telegraphindia.com
“He was suspended from service on July 20 when he failed to reply to a departmental notice served to him to explain his conduct.”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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