Kalpana Saxena

Who is Kalpana Saxena?

Kalpana Saxena is a senior officer with the Indian Police Service. She is from the IPS batch of 1990. She currently holds the rank of Deputy Commissioner in the IPS. On 3 September 2010 she was dragged by her subordinates Ravinder Kumar, Manoj Singh and Ravendra Singh in Bareilly by her collar from a moving car in full public view. The officers later tried to run the car over Kalpana Saxena, trying to kill her. The three officers were notorious in the area and had previously been suspended multiple times from service. They had been reinstated as officers with help from influential senior officers. The trio was known as criminal police. These officers were known by various wicked nicknames - Ravinder Kumar - Tiger, Manoj - Sultan, Ravendra Singh as Nakatiya. They used to extort money from Lucknow-Bareilly Highway. There was a fourth accomplice by the name of 'Dharmendra'.

Kalpana Saxena reached the highway on hearing complaints that the trio extort money with her driver and gunner. The trio tried to run from the spot. Kalpana Saxena caught hold of one of them. However the tried to flee and in the process dragged the police officer by over 1.5 kilometers. Then they threw her on the road and tried to run the car over her. Kalpana Saxena suffered some injuries and in the incident, but managed to escape.