LUCKNOW, Dec 15: Jasveer Singh, an IPS officer, has sought security cover from the Uttar Pradesh Government, saying that there was threat to his life from Cabinet Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya.Jasveer Singh, the Commandant of the 30th PAC Battalion at Gonda, sent a request for protection to the State Home Secretary, Rajiv Ratan Shah. Jasveer, who was SP, Pratapgarh, claimed that a number of fake cases were registered against him at the behest of the minister. The letter also said that the minister's ``henchmen'' tried to corner him whenever he went ``for these cases.'' ``There was even an attempt on my life while I was going to Allahabad,'' he added. During his stint at Pratapgarh, Jasveer had headed a police raid at Raja Bhaiya's residence in connection with the kidnapping of a Kanpur-based cloth merchant's son. Former BSP leader Updesh Singh Chauhan, who was arrested in the case, had told the police that the ransom amount of Rs five lakh was paid at the Pratapgarh residence of Raja Bhaiya. Police are also said to possess a video film said to point to the minister's involvement .There are other criminal cases against Raja Bhaiya, an independent MLA from Kunda. When contacted, Raja Bhaiya said the charges against him were baseless and were an attempt to malign him. Jasveer Singh was not available for comment.
