Key Points
No police officer had the audacity to confront him but for Shailendra Singh, the then deputy superintendent of police, whose dogged pursuit of Ansari led to the recovery of the machine gun and Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) charges against the gangster...
However, it is this long and bitter war against the gangster-turned-politician that ended Shailendra Singh's career as he was forced to resign in 15 days by the then Mulayam Singh Yadav-led government...
Reflecting on his career following the death of Mukhtar Ansari due to cardiac arrest, Shailendra Singh said he was the one who had first recovered the light machine gun from the gangster-turned-politician's possession...
Despite Ansari's persona as a feared gangster and a seasoned politician, Shailendra Singh exhibited exemplary courage to pursue the gangster amid odds and political pressure...
In an interview with Lallantop in 2022, an emotional Shailendra Singh later narrated how he faced problems in finding accommodation after leaving his government quarter and the fear that his family lived in...
