Archive · 15 Sep 2026
IPS Officer Bhanu Pratap Singh Faces Marital Dispute Allegations
Bhanu Pratap Singh is a police officer in Bihar.
His wife, Pooja, says their marriage has become troubled.
She says she has been kept away from their young daughter.
Pooja went to a police station in Bharatpur to make a complaint.
She also alleged that Singh and his family did not let her enter their home.
Police contacted Singh and treated the matter as a family dispute.
Singh has not publicly accepted her allegations.
The claims have not been independently established.
Bihar-cadre IPS officer Bhanu Pratap Singh is posted as Khagaria’s Superintendent of Police.
His wife, Pooja, approached police in Bharatpur, alleging she was denied access to their daughter.
Pooja alleged that their relationship deteriorated after Singh’s selection for the Indian Police Service.
She said she supported Singh during his civil-services preparation and that they married in 2016.
Singh has not publicly accepted the allegations, while police treated the matter as a family dispute.
- Who
- Bihar-cadre IPS officer Bhanu Pratap Singh and his wife, Pooja, are involved in the dispute.
- What
- Pooja has alleged that she was denied access to her daughter and that her marital relationship with Singh deteriorated.
- When
- The couple married on January 16, 2016; their daughter was born in 2020, and the current dispute followed an alleged deterioration after Singh’s IPS selection.
- Where
- Pooja approached the Mathura Gate police station in Bharatpur, Rajasthan; Singh is posted in Khagaria, Bihar.
- Why
- Pooja says she wants to maintain contact with her daughter and exercise her rights as a wife.
Pooja’s allegations
Singh’s public position
Contact with daughter
Pooja’s allegations
Pooja alleges that she has been denied access to her young daughter and says maintaining contact is her main demand.
Singh’s public position
Singh has not publicly accepted the allegations; police treated the matter as a family dispute and took no immediate action.
Marriage breakdown
Pooja’s allegations
Pooja says the relationship deteriorated after Singh’s selection for the Indian Police Service and alleges that he wants a divorce.
Singh’s public position
No public response from Singh accepting these allegations is described in the report.
Incident at family residence
Pooja’s allegations
Pooja says she was not allowed inside the Bharatpur residence and sat outside after Singh allegedly left with their daughter.
Singh’s public position
The report gives no publicly stated account from Singh or his family about the incident.
- Officer
- Bhanu Pratap Singh, a 2021-batch Indian Police Service officer of the Bihar cadre
- Current posting
- Superintendent of Police, Khagaria
- Marriage date
- January 16, 2016
- Child
- The couple’s daughter was born in 2020
- Police complaint
- Submitted at the Mathura Gate police station in Bharatpur
- Main allegation
- Pooja says she has been prevented from meeting their daughter
- Civil-services rank
- All India Rank 372 in the Civil Services Examination 2020