Rinku Singh Rahi (born 1982) is an Indian whistleblower and IAS officer who has earlier worked as a District Social Welfare Officer and fought against corruption in sponsored welfare schemes in Uttar Pradesh (UP). He was shot six times by local gangsters, damaging his jaw and the vision of one eye, for exposing corruption.[1]
Mr Rahi has been raising the issue of corruption in the state government sponsored schemes ever since his stint as the District Social Welfare Officer in Muzzafarnagar in 2009. He has exposed corruption to the tune of Rs. 40 crore, for which he also suffered an attempt on his life when the local mafia pumped six bullets into him on 26 March 2009 – in that assault, he lost vision in one eye