'Singham' IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma

UP: 'Singham' IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma shoots rape, murder accused in Rampur; gets encounter-specialist tag

In a major achievement for the Uttar Pradesh police, the Rampur police successfully shot a dreaded criminal, who is now accused of abducting, raping and brutally murdering a six year old girl in the district. The offender, Nazil, has been shot in both the legs in an intense encounter with the police, led by encounter specialist, IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma, who is currently serving as the Superintendent of Rampur police.

Lucknow:

 The Uttar Pradesh Police has been in the news for arrests of journalists and others for social media posts. Many commented about how, under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the state’s police has become too powerful — turning the so-called ‘jungle raj’ of the previous Akhilesh Yadav government into ‘police raj’ — first with the series of encounter killings, and now the heavy-handed arrests.

One police officer who gained fame and notoriety from the encounter killings is Ajay Pal Sharma. He earned awards, promotions, was hailed as UP’s ‘Singham’, and became part of the WhatsApp forward folklore too.


But he has also become the target of cases filed by eminent human rights lawyer and activists like Prashant Bhushan and Harsh Mander.

In an achievement, the Rampur police in Uttar Pradesh have shot one Nazil, who was accused of abducting, raping and subsequently killing a 6-year-old minor girl on May 7 in the district. The accused was shot in both his legs during an encounter by SP Ajay Pal Sharma.

Dr. Ajay Pal Sharma is an IPS officer, who hails from Ludhiana, Punjab. Initially a dentist, he left the profession in to serve the nation as a diligent police officer. He joined the UP cadre of IPS in 2011, and has served in various districts like Ghaziabad, Hathras, Shamli, Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida) and Prayagraj among others. Known as ‘UP’s Singham’ for his consistent involvement in encounter killings, Dr. Ajay Pal Sharma is extremely famous for his no nonsense attitud.

About Ajay Sharma 

Last year, when the swashbuckling Sharma was posted in Noida, a telling incident happened. He fancies himself as a watchdog — of not just the criminals, but also his police force.

In 2018, there was a purported rate list being circulated in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar district of how much bribe is taken by which police officer. Sharma decided to check it out for himself with a surprise inspection.

On a Friday night in May last year, Sharma donned plainclothes, hopped into an autorickshaw and then a Toyota Fortuner SUV, to roam the streets of Noida and Greater Noida.

He ensured that the registration number of his SUV was flashed on the police’s wireless network for searching. Barricades were put up across the Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida) district. When the car drove past one barricade, a constable chased the vehicle, stopped it, and trained his gun on Sharma.