Dhananjay Singh Age, Caste, Wife, Biography

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Age: 49 Years

Wife: Srikala Reddy

Hometown: Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s)	Politician, Businessperson
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	5' 9" (175 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Brown
Politics
Political Party	Janata Dal (United)
Political Journey	• Janata Dal (United) (2017, 2022) • Bahujan Samaj Party (2009-2012) as Member of Parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha from Jaunpur constituency • Janata Dal (United) (2007-2009) as MLA in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Malhani constituency
Personal Life
Date of Birth	16 July 1975 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2024)	49 Years
Birthplace	Kolkata, West Bengal
Zodiac sign	Cancer
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
School	T.D. Inter College, Azamgarh Road, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
College/University	• University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh • Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
Educational Qualification(s)	• Bachelors degree at Lucknow University (1995) • Masters degree in political science at Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh (2008)
Caste	Rajput ^[1]India Today
Address	Village Basfa, Sikrara, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
Hobbies	Playing cricket, Travelling, Reading books
Controversies ^[2]India Today	Brief Details of IPCs • 3 charges related to Punishment for criminal intimidation (IPC Section-506) • 2 charges related to Attempt to murder (IPC Section-307) • 2 charges related to Mischief by destroying or moving, etc., a land- mark fixed by public authority, mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to amount of one hundred or (in case of agricultural produce) ten rupees (IPC Section-435) • 1 charge related to Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder (IPC Section-364) • 1 charge related to Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt (IPC Section-386) • 1 charge related to Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty (IPC Section-332) • 1 charge related to Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender (IPC Section-201) • 1 charge related to False statement in connection with an election (IPC Section-171G) • 1 charge related to Punishment for murder (IPC Section-302) • 1 charge related to Hrbouring offender (IPC Section-212) • 1 charge related to Illegal payments in connection with an election (IPC Section-171H) • 2 charges related to Punishment for Rioting (IPC Section-147) • 2 charges related to Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees (IPC Section-427) • 2 charges related to Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant (IPC Section-188) • 2 charges related to Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace (IPC Section-504) • 1 charge related to Punishment of criminal conspiracy (IPC Section-120B) • 1 charge related to Rioting, armed with deadly weapon (IPC Section-148) • 1 charge related to Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object (IPC Section-149) • 1 charge related to Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt (IPC Section-323) • 1 charge related to Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty (IPC Section-353) • 1 charge related to Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention (IPC Section-34) • 1 charge related to Act endangering life or personal safety of others (IPC Section-336) • 1 charge related to Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation (IPC Section-352) • 1 charge related to Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life (IPC Section-269) • 1 charge related to Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life (IPC Section-270) • 1 charge related to Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment (IPC Section-109) • 1 charge related to Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it (IPC Section-176) ^[3]My Neta • Over the years, Dhananjay faced numerous criminal charges, including murder and extortion. • In 1998, police claimed to have killed him, but he appeared alive later, leading to an investigation against the police officers. • In 2000, he was accused of being involved in the murder of a government official over contracts, but he was later acquitted. • Later, he was arrested for double murder, expelled from the BSP, and lost in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. • He was arrested again in 2020 on charges of kidnapping and threatening a project manager. • He attracted controversy after his alleged connections to a gangster's murder in 2021.
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	• Meenu Singh (m. 2006-died. 2007) • Jagriti Singh (m. 2009-div. 2017) (politician) • Srikala Reddy (m. 2017-present)
Family
Wife/Spouse(s)	• Meenu Singh (m. 2006-died. 2007) • Jagriti Singh (m. 2009-div. 2017) (politician) • Srikala Reddy (m. 2017-present) (politician)
Children	Dhananjay has a son and a daughter. He has a son from Dr. Jagriti Singh, and a daughter from Sri Kala Reddy.
Parents	Father- Rajdeo Singh (politician) Mother- Lalti Devi (homemaker)
Style Quotient
Car Collection	He owns a Fortuner, Tankor, Baleno, and Honda City.
Money Factor
Assets/Properties	Movable Assets • Cash: Rs. 8,25,000 • Deposits in Banks: Rs. 9,94,969 • Bonds, Debentures, and Shares: Rs. 8,874,256 • LIC or other insurance Policies: Rs. 10,400,000 • Motor Vehicles: Rs. 6,586,527 • Jewellery: Rs. 68,66,495 Immovable Assets • Agricultural Land: Rs. 1,28,00,000 • Non Agricultural Land: Rs. 95,00,000 • Commercial Buildings: Rs. 30,00,000 • Residential Buildings: Rs. 2,50,00,000 • Others: Rs. 28,81,183
Net Worth (approx.)	In 2022, his net worth was calculated approximately at Rs. 7.19 crores. ^[4]My Neta
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Some Lesser Known Facts About Dhananjay Singh

Apart from politics, Dhananjay Singh is also involved in business and farming.

In 1990, when a teacher named Govind Uniyal from Maharishi Vidya Mandir was murdered, Dhananjay was pursuing his high school education at that time. There were rumours that his name was mentioned in connection with this murder. However, the police could not prove these allegations against him in court.

Dhananjay Singh became known as a student activist during his time at Tilak Dhari (TD) College in Jaunpur.

During his college days, he started gaining attention for being involved in gang activities.

His opposition to certain government policies such as Mandal Commission recommendations, made him popular.

In 1992, Dhananjay Singh was accused of the murder of a young man when he was studying at Tilak Dhari (TD) College in Jaunpur. Reportedly, Dhananjay Singh took three exams in police custody.

He was charged four times under the Gangster Act from 1996 to 2013.

In October 1998, the police claimed that when Dhananjay Singh was robbing a petrol pump, he was killed in an encounter; however, he was seen alive after four months. An investigation was started and cases were filed against 34 police officers for false claims.
Dhananjay Singh in 1998

He then connected with gangster Abhay Singh in Lucknow, but they later became enemies.

In 2000, Dhananjay Singh was arrested for being involved in the murder of the then health and family welfare director general of Uttar Pradesh. He was released from jail in May 2010.
Dhananjay Singh in police custody

He then joined hands with Vinod Nate, who was preparing to contest Lok Sabha assembly elections from Jaunpur’s Rari constituency. However, Vinod Nate was killed in an accident before the 2002 election.

Dhananjay Singh then joined politics and won elections from the Rari constituency in Uttar Pradesh in 2002 as an Independent candidate.

During some political rallies, he held Vinod Nate’s picture close to his chest.

On 12 December 2006, Dhananjay Singh married his first wife, Meenu. On 12 September 2007, she died ten months after her marriage. After her death, her family members claimed that she committed suicide; however, the police suspected foul play behind the death.

He continued his political career, winning again in 2007 with a Janata Dal-United (JD-U) ticket. Later, he joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

Dhananjay Singh then contested the 2009 Lok Sabha election from Jaunpur on the ticket of BSP and won.
Dhananjay Singh during a political campaign

On 29 June 2009, he married his second wife, Dr Jagriti Singh. In 2012, she contested the assembly elections as an independent candidate from Malhani in the Jaunpur constituency.

In 2017, after a mutual disagreement, Dhananjay Singh and Jagriti got separated.

In the same year, he married his third wife, Srikala Reddy, a BJP politician, who won the Jaunpur zila panchayat (district council) chairperson election in July 2021.
Dhananjay Singh with his wife after filing a political nomination

Dhananjay’s influence and connections in the BSP started to decline in 2011. He was officially suspended from the party after he met Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.

He was then arrested for a double murder, and the BSP denied a ticket for the 2012 Assembly election to his father.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Dhananjay Singh fought as an independent candidate from the Jaunpur constituency and lost.

He then contested the 2017 assembly election from Malhani constituency on the ticket of the Nishad party and lost to SP candidate Parasnath Yadav.
Dhananjay Singh during a political rally

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Dhananjay Singh did not get the ticket from any party.

In the 2020 Malhani by-poll, he contested as an independent nominee and lost to Parasnath Yadav’s son Lucky Yadav by 4,000 votes.

In May 2020, Dhananjay Singh and one of his close aides were arrested by Line Bazar police from his residence in Jaunpur. The arrest was made on charges of kidnapping and threatening a project manager of UP Jal Nigam. The project manager was handling a sewage treatment plant project worth over Rs. 300 crore. ^[5]The Times of India
Dhananjay Singh in police custody in kidnapping case

In January 2021, Lucknow police suspected Dhananjay Singh’s links in the murder of Ajit Singh, a gangster and politician, who went out of his bulletproof SUV to have a snack by the roadside. Four men on motorcycles shot 25 bullets at Ajit Singh.

In Ajit Singh’s murder investigation, police suspected that the shooters had stayed in Dhananjay Singh’s Lucknow flat before the murder. Police also claimed that when one of the shooters needed medical help, Dhananjay and his associate contacted the doctors.

Soon, the Lucknow police announced a reward of Rs. 25000 on Dhananjay Singh. He surrendered before a Prayagraj court in March 2021. However, later, he managed to get bail and fled.
Dhananjay Singh in police custody

Police then raided all his illegal houses and farmhouses in Uttar Pradesh and sent a letter to the Income Tax Department and the Enforcement Directorate for further investigations.

In January 2022, when police were searching his whereabouts, his video while playing cricket went viral on social media

In 2022, three dozen criminal cases were filed against Dhananjay Singh.

The Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force (STF) took over Ajit Singh’s case after the Lucknow police failed to arrest him. STF stated in their investigations that there was no evidence of his direct involvement in the murder case and withdrew all criminal conspiracy charges against him.

Dhananjay Singh then filed his nomination from Malhani Assembly seat on a JD-U ticket in February 2022 and actively campaigned for the elections.

On 6 March 2024, he and his close associate Satish Vikram Singh were awarded seven years imprisonment by the court of MP-MLA court of Jaunpur. He was accused in a case of kidnapping, extortion, and criminal conspiracy and the complaint was filed in May 2020 in Line Bazar police station in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh.

In April 2024, BSP granted a ticket to his wife, Srikala Reddy, from the Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh during the general elections.
Srikala Reddy during a political rally