Who Is Anandpal Singh’s Wife?

The Rajasthan police stated that Singh and his brothers amassed wealth after entering the world of crime. “Anandpal’s brother Manjeet Singh was in prison in a murder case since 2006. He himself and another brother Vikki had been on the run from the law. There are no known source of income for the family, but Anandpal’s daughter spent nearly Rs 20 lakh on engineering studies in Dubai,” said the statement. The statement further said that Anandpal’s other daughter was studying at an expensive school in Pune as was his son. “There are two flats owned by the family in Jaipur’s posh colonies. Each one of them is valued more than Rs 60 lakh. The police confiscated nearly 370 bigha of land,” said the statement adding that he owned properties in Kuchaman, Jaipur, Hanumangarh, Sikar and Churu. The family also owns a mine in Makarana, apart from several ‘benami’ properties.

A recent web series from Zee5 was made in 2019 and released in December 2019 portraying the life of Anandpal.

“How can I order a CBI probe against my own force? I’m the head of the police force. It is morally wrong for me to ask for a CBI probe against my own men, they can move to court if they want it to be probed. We are ready to face any probe but we cannot order it on our own, I was assigned a duty and police force worked on it. If the High Court or the Supreme Court orders a probe then we will face it.”

Rajputs and Rawna Rajput vowed not to vote for BJP in the 2018 assembly polls. Despite government efforts, violence erupted. Gunman of SP fired their weapons, which created more anger and the crowd threw stones at a police team, injuring 19, including the Nagaur SP. In the violence Haryana’s Lalchand Sharma died and Mahendra Singh, a resident of Jodhpur, was critically injured. Brahmin outfits slammed the police for not finding relatives of Lalchand Sharma, so Sharma’s body could be given to them.

In May 2017, Anandpal attempted to surrender. His advocates met Governor of Rajasthan, Kalyan Singh, in Jaipur who told them that he is a patriot and that if he will be given security he wanted to surrender. A fair investigation was demanded on his behalf to the Chief Justice of High Court. In the court, it was said that the injustice of leaders had led him to this situation and now all these leaders wanted him dead. Anandpal’s lawyer A.P. Singh also wrote to the Chief Justice, stating that the court should conduct a fair investigation under the direction of a judge because Anandpal had not committed any crime. He added that Anandpal ran away because his companion Balveer Banuda was killed inside the jail by his enemy Raju Theth. If he had not escaped then he too would have been killed as he was not safe inside the jail. His lawyer alleged that if any lawyer in Rajasthan wants to represent Anandpal, the police overwhelm him in false cases.

As per police and government officials, he was shot dead at midnight in a raid by the Special Operations Group Anti-Terrorist Squad (India) of the Rajasthan Police at Malasar in Churu district on 24 June 2017.

On 28 June 2017, Police Superintendent (Nagaur) Paris Deshmukh said that a team of police had gone to Sanvrad to give notice to Singh’s relatives. However, relatives refused to accept the notice, so they pasted a notice on the house.

On 30 June 2017, a second postmortem was conducted by the order of court.

On 1 July 2017, Anandpal’s family accepted the body. Police delivered it to his daughter Yogita and uncle.

Due to his Robin Hood image, his death brought huge unrest in Rajasthan. Many Rajput and Rawna Rajput protested the encounter. Chaos erupted in various cities of Rajasthan including Nagaur, Sikar and Churu since 25 June 2017. The people were upset with the Government, since they wanted to get this investigated by CBI, but the government showed no interest. People criticised the decision and showed their anger through social media platforms. As a result Internet Services were suspended in Sikar, Churu and Nagaur for 6–7 days to stifle the protest.

A Joint Struggle Committee formed jointly by Ravana Rajputs and Rajput society called for a tribute meeting on 12 July 2017 while others sat on a dharna in the village.

Home minister Gulab Chand Kataria, along with home secretary Deepak Upreti, Director General of police and other officials met over the issue on 10 July 2017 to ensure the condolence meeting would go peacefully. They decided that No weapon would be allowed during the meeting so Section 144 would be imposed in the region and large number of policemen from various units including Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (RAC) would be deployed in the region.

On 12 July 2017, more than 2 lakh people gathered in Sanvrad for the condolence meeting. 6 ASPs, 14 DSPs, Station officers of all the locations of Nagaur district and 21 officers from outside of the district deployed. More than 2,500 soldiers of RAC, STF and QRT were deployed and forces from other districts were also deployed, in Didwana Ladnu area. Police were present in plain uniform. A team of doctors was posted. The area was under monitoring with drone cameras.

Anandpal’s funeral was handled by the police and government. On the morning of 13 July 2017, Jail Director General of Rajasthan and Rajput officer Ajit Singh tried to persuade the family to accept cremation. The notice of the Human Rights Commission was staged at Singh’s house, announcing that cremation would occur within 24 hours. Police told the villagers that the funeral would take place and asked Anandpal’s son to walk together. When the son refused, police took Anandpal’s brother Rishiraj and his uncle with them. The police took five people of the village along and brought them to the funeral, where the proceedings were completed.

In 2012 he was imprisoned, but escaped on 3 September 2015 when he was traveling to Ajmer high security jail from a court hearing. Three masked people fired on the van in Khokhar village near Parbatsar, and Singh and two others escaped. This placed him in the top slot on the list of most wanted criminals in Rajasthan. He carried the highest cash reward Rajasthan police had ever offered Rs 10 lakh.

Anandpal was considered unique in his status as a criminal in Rajasthan whose aides would often engage in acts of self-sacrifice. In a gang-war in Bikaner Central Jail in July 2014, his close aide, Balveer Banuda, jumped in front of bullets when Anandpal’s enemies tried to shoot him.

Anandpal was fond of AK-47 rifles. When he was arrested at a farm house near Jaipur in 2012, he was found in possession of an AK-47, bullet-proof vests and bullets. He allegedly used an AK-47 to fire on policemen at this encounter.

Anandpal got involved in the illegal liquor trade and made enemies out of his competitors. His name cropped up in the murders of Gopal Phogawat and Jeevanram Godara (2006).

In November 2000, the election for Ladnu Panchayat Samiti committees took place. Singh and a senior Congress leader at that time came in direct conflict. A police case was lodged against Singh for disrupting government work when he did not let a contender file nomination papers. Supporters of Singh alleged that this happened under pressure from senior police officers and politicians. He was indicted for threatening, extortion and violence to make the case non-bailable.

Anandpal’s political ambitions began to take shape in 1999–2000 when he fought the election for Panchayat Samiti member of Sanvrad village. He won and later fought the election of Pradhan of Ladnu Panchayat Samiti. He was defeated by a margin of two votes by Jagnath Burdak, the son of former cabinet minister Harajiram Burdak.

After Anandpal was getting married in 1992 he wanted to become a government servant and later started his cement agency business and a milk dairy.

Anandpal Singh (31 May 1975 – 24 June 2017) was an Indian gangster mainly active in the cities of Rajasthan.