PTI

Meerut (UP), June 1

An Uttar Pradesh civil service officer who partially misplaced his sight and listening to after sustaining seven bullet accidents in an assault after he uncovered an alleged Rs 100-crore scholarship rip-off has lastly cracked the UPSC examination.

In the Union Public Service Commission examination 2021, Rinko Rahee, who can not see nicely from one eye, has misplaced listening to in a single ear and has a damaged jaw, secured the 683rd rank.

The 40-year-old Provincial Civil Service (PCS) officer was attacked when he was posted as a social welfare officer in Muzaffarnagar. He stated the assault was because of the alleged scholarship rip-off he uncovered.

Since then, Rahee says, he has suffered a punishment posting, a suspension and even been despatched to a psychological asylum by his bosses.

A resident of Aligarh, Rahee informed PTI that he was chosen in PCS 2004 and posted in Muzaffarnagar in 2008.

“I exposed an over Rs 100-crore scholarship scam in the district. I had informed the directorate about it and some days later, I was attacked in which I sustained seven bullet injuries,” he stated.

“I had to undergo surgery of my mouth. My eyesight in one eye has almost gone. I cannot hear from one year. One side of my jaw was completely damaged. But I somehow survived,” Rahee stated.

On March 26, 2009, 4 accused within the case have been awarded 10-year sentences by the courtroom, whereas 4 different individuals have been let out for lack of proof.

“In this matter, there was ‘kharid-farokht (use of money)’. Be it private or government counsel, both were managed and the real culprit saved himself and was set free,” Rahee alleged.

He stated there have been two factors within the case, a prison case and a rip-off.

“The judge ignored the scam part. He believed I had no evidence to prove that those who attacked me had any motive to do so. I had come to know about the court’s verdict a day before,” Rahee claimed.

Irrespective of that, his punishment by no means stopped, he added.

“In my present posting, the government has charge-sheeted me twice. When I was shot, there was a BSP government in the state. In the SP regime, I was sent to a mental asylum, and I was suspended in the BJP regime,” Rahee stated.

He claimed he was suspended in 2018 with none causes throughout his Lalitpur posting and was later transferred to an IAS/PCS teaching centre in Hapur which, he stated, is taken into account a punishment posting.

Rahee alleged that some months again, he bought a name from the director of social welfare who wished “a work done from me and even threatened to suspend me”.

Showering praises on former IPS officer and Social Welfare Minister Asim Arun, he stated this was the primary time he bought some help from a minister to finish corruption.

Rahee stated he had been provided bribes however he felt if he reported them, his eight-year-old son’s life can be in peril. He added that he has insured himself in order that if he’s attacked once more, his little one wouldn’t endure financially.

Rahee, whose father owns a flour store, did his BTech from Jamshedpur earlier than becoming a member of the state companies.

“There is no dearth of honest people. But they break. I say the test of honesty is when there is an adverse situation. In the fight between honesty and corruption, the corrupt system is so weak that even if one of its links breaks, it will collapse,” he stated.

“It is a gift for my honesty that even after sustaining seven bullet wounds, I am alive and in front of you. Among the seven bullets, three pierced my face,” Rahee added.

He stated he would proceed his good work each time he will get an opportunity as an administrative officer.