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{{short description|Indian police officer, social activist and politician (born 1943)}}
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| office = [[Inspector General of Police]] [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| birth_date = {{b-da|16 December 1943}}
| birth_place = [[Jalandhar]], Punjab, India
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'''Sarwan Ram Darapuri''' an [[Indian people|Indian]] social activist, politician and ex-[[Indian Police Service|IPS officer]]. He served as the third-highest-ranking police officer in [[Uttar Pradesh]].

== Early life ==
Darapuri was born on 16 December 1943 at [[Darapur]] village in [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar District of Punjab]]. His father's name is Naranjan Ram. Darapuri is an [[Ambedkarite]] and also converted into [[Buddhism]] on 14 October 1995.<ref name="IFeMM" /> He completed his Bachelor of Sciences from the Ramgharia College, Phagwara (Punjab) in 1964.

He worked as a science lecturer in Punjab, District Organiser of National Savings Organisation (GOI), Assistant in Ministry of Finance (GOI), New Delhi and the Customs Appraiser in Customs Department (GOI) at Bombay.<ref name="swdOO" />

== Civil service ==
He is an [[Indian Police Service]]s officer from 1972 batch of Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="NNKt3" /> He became Inspector General of Police in Uttar Pradesh. Darapuri was last posted at Armed Training Centre, Sitapur and retired on 31 December 2003.<ref name="izXBv" /><ref name="b00b5" />

== Politics ==
He was State Coordinator of Lok Rajniti Manch of U.P and the Member of Coordination Committee for Jan Sangharsh Morcha. He is National Secretary and the Spokesman of [[All India People's Front (Radical)]].<ref name="F68Jc" />

He contested in 2009 Indian General elections of Lok Sabha from [[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lucknow]] constituency and in 2014 Indian general elections he contested from the [[Robertsganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Robertsganj]] constituency but lost at both times.<ref name="BF14l" /><ref name="Qu2uC" />

He criticised and questioned the role of the police after inspector Subodh Singh was killed in the 2019 Bulandshahr violence and [[2018 Kasganj violence]].<ref name="NMTyl" />

== Social service ==
Darapuri is Vice President of [[People's Union for Civil Liberties]] in U.P, expert advisor for [[National Commission for Scheduled Castes]], [[Right to Information Act, 2005|RTI]] Campaign committee member of U.P and the convener of Dalit Mukti Morcha. Also a convener of the [[World Conference on Religion and Peace]] (Lucknow branch) and President of Society for Promoting Buddhist Knowledge.<ref name="ibBbO" />

Darapuri was arrested in 2017 for protesting against Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="vHqP3" /> In 2019 he was again arrested in [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Uttar Pradesh|anti CAA protests]] at Uttar Pradesh and kept in house arrest and released after few days.<ref name="yE4F6" />

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="IFeMM">{{Cite web|date=2 December 2019|title=Why Is S R Darapuri In Jail?|url=https://countercurrents.org/2019/12/why-is-s-r-darapuri-in-jail/|access-date=7 June 2020|website=Countercurrents|language=en-US}}</ref>
<ref name="swdOO">{{Cite web|title=Our Democracy|url=https://www.ourdemocracy.in/Support/SRDarapuri|access-date=7 June 2020|website=Our Democracy|language=en}}</ref>
<ref name="NNKt3">{{Cite web|date=2 December 2019|title=Retired IPS officer, held over anti-CAA protests, 'works on rights issues'|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/retired-ips-officer-held-over-anti-caa-protests-works-on-rights-issues-6189445/|access-date=7 June 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
<ref name="izXBv">{{Cite web|date=3 January 2020|title=S R Darapuri – An upright police officer turned human rights activist, now accused of inciting violence|url=https://www.sabrangindia.in/article/s-r-darapuri-upright-police-officer-turned-human-rights-activist-now-accused-inciting|access-date=7 June 2020|website=SabrangIndia|language=en}}</ref>
<ref name="b00b5">{{Cite web|date=7 September 2019|title='Encounters lead to acceptance of violence in society'|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/insight/encounters-lead-to-acceptance-of-violence-in-society-759856.html|access-date=7 June 2020|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>
<ref name="F68Jc">{{Cite web|date=2 April 2020|title=Police condemned for falsely implicating Students' activists|url=https://www.siasat.com/police-condemned-falsely-implicating-students-activists-1878783/|access-date=7 June 2020|website=The Siasat Daily|language=en-GB}}</ref>
<ref name="BF14l">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/web-exclusive/story/mayas-base-is-shrinking-darapuri-45947-2009-04-29|title='Mayawati's base is shrinking' - Web Exclusive News|website=India Today|date=29 April 2009|author=Ahmed|access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="Qu2uC">{{Cite web|last=Tewari|first=Ruhi|date=1 April 2019|title=Yogi critic, Mumbai ex-top cop — IAS & IPS officers moving to politics this Lok Sabha polls|url=https://theprint.in/politics/yogi-critic-mumbai-ex-top-cop-ias-ips-officers-moving-to-politics-this-lok-sabha-polls/222322/|access-date=7 June 2020|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref>
<ref name="NMTyl">{{Cite web|date=2 January 2020|title='Muslim Detainees Beaten Up Twice': Ex-IPS Officer on UP Police|url=https://www.thequint.com/videos/news-videos/caa-protests-ex-ips-officer-on-up-police-muslim-detainees-were-beaten-up-twice|access-date=7 June 2020|website=The Quint|language=en}}</ref>
<ref name="ibBbO">{{Cite web|title=Criminals and anti-social, eh?|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/criminals-and-anti-social-eh|access-date=7 June 2020|website=National Herald|language=en}}</ref>
<ref name="vHqP3">{{Cite web|date=3 July 2017|title=IN UP, retired IPS officer S R Darapuri, others held for staging anti government protests|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/retired-ips-officer-s-r-darapuri-others-held-for-staging-anti-government-protests/747101/|access-date=7 June 2020|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref>
<ref name="yE4F6">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/caa-protests-ex-ips-a-cancer-patient-and-champion-of-human-rights/articleshow/72962842.cms|title=CAA protests in Lucknow: Ex-IPS a cancer patient and champion of human rights | Lucknow News|website=The Times of India|date=25 December 2019|author=Mohita Tewari|access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref>
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ambedkarites]]
[[Category:Indian Buddhists]]
[[Category:20th-century Buddhists]]
[[Category:21st-century Buddhists]]
[[Category:Converts to Buddhism from Hinduism]]
[[Category:Indian Police Service officers]]
[[Category:Activists from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:People from Jalandhar]]
[[Category:Indian politicians]]

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