Rinku Singh Rahi resigns from IAS after Shahjahanpur sit-ups controversy
IAS officer Rinku Singh Rahi called it quits on April 1, 2026, after a rollercoaster career.
He grabbed attention in 2025 as SDM of Shahjahanpur for making people caught urinating in public do sit-ups, a move that accidentally sparked protests when one of those punished turned out to be connected to a lawyer.
Rahi said desk posting lacked work
Trying to ease tensions, Rahi did public sit-ups himself, which quickly went viral online.
The fallout saw him removed from his SDM post and shifted to a desk job with little real work.
In his resignation letter, he shared that he couldn't find meaningful work despite drawing a salary and called leaving the service a moral choice.
Notably, Rahi had also exposed a ₹100-crore scam back in 2009 and survived seven bullet injuries during his journey as an officer.