Satyapal Singh

Some Lesser Known Facts About Satyapal Singh

• Does Satyapal Singh smoke?: Not Known

• Does Satyapal Singh drink alcohol?: Not Known

• He is a vocal proponent of vegetarianism.

• Before joining the Indian Police Service, he wanted to become a scientist.

• During his tenure as a Police Officer in Mumbai, he is credited with cracking the organised crime syndicates including the Chhota Shakeel, Chhota Rajan, and Arun Gawli gangs, which terrorised Mumbai in the 1990s.

• As Police Commissioner of Nagpur, he started a campaign called “Mission Mrityunjay.” The campaign involved college students in the fight against terror activities who assisted the police in intelligence gathering and reported suspicious and anti-social activities on campus and in the city. He formed 386 such clubs in the city, during his stint.

• During his stint as the Nagpur Police Chief, he had also busted the ‘Matka’ gangs, in which a local politician’s link with the high-profile racket was unearthed.

• The 2010 Pune bombing took place during his tenure as the Pune Police Commissioner.

• In June 2011, he requested the court to relieve him citing differences of opinion between two other SIT members- Satish Verma and Mohan Jha, when he was appointed the chairman of a special investigation team constituted by the Gujarat High Court to probe the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.

• On 23 August 2012, he was appointed the Police Commissioner of Mumbai.

• On 31 January 2014, he applied for the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) and tendered his resignation.

• He is the first serving Police Commissioner of Mumbai to resign from his post.

• On 1 February 2014, in an interview to the Economic Times, he stated his reason for quitting- “My inner voice is telling me that it’s time to change profession. As a police officer, I have worked for the people of Mumbai and Maharashtra for many years, but now it’s time to work for the entire country with a renewed energy.”

• On 2 February 2014, Mr. Singh joined BJP in the presence of the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and BJP chief Rajnath Singh.

• On 21 January 2018, his claim that Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is wrong, started doing rounds in media. He claimed that “Darwin’s theory wrong, nobody saw an ape turning into a man”.

• Dr. Singh is also the author of two bestselling books-  one on tackling the Naxal menace, and the other titled “Talash Insaan Ki” (The Search for Man). The Urdu translation of “Talash Insaan Ki” was released by Amitabh Bachchan and Javed Akhtar.