रिंकू सिंह राही

रिंकू सिंह राही (जन्म 1982) एक भारतीय व्हिसलब्लोअर और आईएएस अधिकारी हैं, जिन्होंने पहले जिला समाज कल्याण अधिकारी के रूप में कार्य किया है और उत्तर प्रदेश (यूपी) में प्रायोजित कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में भ्रष्टाचार के विरुद्ध लड़ाई लड़ी है। भ्रष्टाचार का पर्दाफ़ाश करने पर स्थानीय बदमाशों ने उन्हें छह बार गोली मारी थी, जिससे उनका जबड़ा और एक आँख की रोशनी चली गई थी। http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/on-hunger-strike-whistleblower-bureaucrat-picked-up-by-cops-and-sent-to-a-mental-institution-190277 Lucknow: Whistleblower bureaucrat picked up from protest site, taken to psychiatric ward 27 March 2012 Mr Rahi has been raising the issue of corruption in the state government sponsored schemes ever since his stint as the District Social Welfare Officer in Muzzafarnagar in 2009. He has exposed corruption to the tune of Rs. 40 crore, for which he also suffered an attempt on his life when the local mafia pumped six bullets into him on 26 March 2009 – in that assault, he lost vision in one eye NDTV 27 March 2012 http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/after-midnight-crackdown-in-lucknow-uttar-pradesh-officer-resumes-his-protest-fast-in-aligarh-190777 After midnight crackdown in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh officer resumes protest fast in Aligarh 28 March 2012 The new Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, already facing complaints hooliganism and violent behavior by his partymen, sure has more to answer after this incident. NDTV 28 March 2012 http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/action-replay-another-whistleblower-termed-insane-dumped-asylum-183 https://web.archive.org/web/20120328032720/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/action-replay-another-whistleblower-termed-insane-dumped-asylum-183 dead 28 March 2012 Action replay: Another whistleblower termed insane, dumped into asylum 27 March 2012 A similar scene was enacted here on Monday, just before midnight, when an officer of the allied Provincial State Services was forcibly picked up while he was staging dharna and taken to the psychiatric ward of a medical college in the state capital. Deccan Chronicle 28 March 2012 http://www.deccanherald.com/content/237677/fasting-official-mentally-unstable-says.html Fasting official mentally unstable, says UP govt 27 March 2012 Apparently perturbed over the fast unto death by a UP official who is protesting against the government's inaction against corrupt elements, the authorities tried to get him admitted to a psychiatric facility by calling him mentally unstable. Deccan Herald 28 March 2012 http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-team-anna-demands-firm-measures-to-protect-whistleblowers/20120325.htm Team Anna demands firm measures to protect whistleblowers 25 March 2012 Social activist Anna Hazare's one-day token fast at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Sunday was strongly supported by people from all walks of life. – Social Welfare Officer Rinku Singh Rahi too spoke about his confrontations with the mafia in UP, and said, "Despite being an officer, I am not given information about my own department, and have been threatened many times." Rediff 28 March 2012 सन्दर्भ