Dhananjay Singh

Dhananjay Singh is an Indian politician and former gang leader who was the MLA for Rari constituency, Jaunpur district in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2009 as an independent and then one of the district's MPs in the 15th Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014 as a Bahujan Samaj Party member. He has drawn scrutiny for his alleged corruption and involvement in many cases, including murder and rape accusations, and has been described as a "mafia don turned politician".

Early life and career
Singh was born in Kolkata on 16 July 1975. According to the Lok Sabha, he is also involved in business and farming. In the late 1990s, he studied at Lucknow University and graduated with a master's in political science, and also started gaining notoriety around this time for his involvement in gang activity. Between 1996 and 2013, Singh had been charged four times under the Gangster Act.

Personal life
Singh married his first wife, Meenu, on 12 December 2006. She died ten months later on 12 September 2007. Although family members claimed that she committed suicide, the police suspected foul play in her death. He married his second wife, Dr. Jagriti Singh, on 29 June 2009.