From being attacked for his honesty to being sent to a mental asylum, 40-year-old Rinku Rahee overcame any challenge life had given him to pass the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) investigation. After revealing an alleged scholarship of 100 crore Rs, the 2007 batch Provincial Civil Service (PCS) officer lost his sight and hearing ability when he was subjected to attacks by the mafia.
However, that did not deter him from his goal of passing the UPSC. With only one eye, a hearing impairment and a broken jaw, Rahee cracked one of the world’s toughest investigations, the UPSC. Looking at Rahee overcoming any adversity, some would call it life. After securing the 683rd rank in the UPSC, Rahee told the news agency PTI that the life-threatening attack on him happened when he was posted to Muzaffarnagar as a social worker and was only 26.
However, the fight did not just stop with the attack. In what he calls a penalty posting, Rahee was transferred to an IAS / PCS coaching center in Hapur. He claimed that he was even placed in a mental asylum by his elderly
“I uncovered a scholarship scam of over Rs 100 billion in the district. I had informed the directorate about it and a few days later I was attacked where I sustained seven bullet injuries,” Rahee was quoted as saying by the PTI news agency.
Speaking about the lifelong injuries he suffered as a result of the attack, Rahee said, “I had to have surgery on my mouth. My vision in one eye is almost gone. I can not hear from one ear. “One side of my jaw was completely damaged. But I somehow survived.”
“I uncovered a scholarship scam of over Rs 100 billion in the district. I had informed the directorate about it and a few days later I was attacked where I sustained seven gunshot wounds,” he said.
Rahee even claimed that a top-ranking social worker had called him to get “a job done from me and even threatened to suspend me”. Rahee added that he continued to be punished for his honesty.
“In my current post, the government has accused 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 said. .
Rahee expressed concern about his 8-year-old son and felt that many times he felt that his son’s life would be in danger if he would report bribery. He also added that if something should happen to him in the future, he has assured himself so that his son would not suffer.
“It’s a gift for my honesty that even after sustaining seven gunshot wounds, I’m alive and in front of you. Among the seven bullets, three pierced my face,” Rahee added.
