Nisha Singh AAP Leader Biography, Education, Age, Family, Jail Term News And Haryana Violence

Nisha Singh AAP Leader Biography, Education, Age, Family, Jail Term News And Haryana Violence

Nisha Singh, a former AAP councillor and leader, was found guilty of instigating violence against the HUDA anti-encroachment campaign in 2015, know her biography and news

She was sentenced to seven years in prison earlier today.

Nisha Singh AAP Leader Biography, Education, Age, Family, Education, Jail Term News And Haryana Violence

When the Junior Engineer Rajpal and HUDA crews were clearing debris in Sector-47 Jhimar Basti during an anti-encroachment drive on May 15, 2015, the crowd pelted stones and threw petrol bombs and LPG cylinders at police officers.

A magistrate on duty and fifteen police officers were hurt. The prosecution has effectively proven the charges, with the exception of satisfying the requirements of IPC section 307 (attempt to kill), according to the court, resulting in the acquittal of all the accused of the offence punishable under this section.

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According to the order, Nisha Singh, Khajan Singh, Pradeep Zaildar, and Singh incited a crowd to attack. While sentencing Singh and 17 others for inciting a mob against the HUDA anti-encroachment squad on Thursday, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mona Singh stated,

There is no doubt that this is a serious lapse on the part of the accused to injure public officers, but there is no reason to believe that they cannot be reformed or rehabilitated and that they are likely to continue the criminal acts of violence as would constitute a continuing threat to society.

Soon after this, Aam Aadmi Party removed all of her details from the website, which further generates curiosity among the netizens about her. So, let’s find out more about her:

Who Is Nisha Singh?

Nisha Singh is an Aam Aadmi Party politician and advisor to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. She is in charge of creating and executing changes in the Delhi Government’s Women and Child Development (WCD) Department’s ICDS (Integrated Child Development Service) Scheme.

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She is now a member of the party’s fundraising team and has previously served as an AAP Spokesperson.

Nisha Singh has done her MBA in Finance from the London School of Economics after doing engineering at Mumbai University. She has corporate work experience with Siemens and Google. After leaving Google, she entered politics.

Political Career Of Nisha Singh

Nisha worked at Google India as a senior executive until 2009, when she quit pursuing social activism and politics. She was elected to the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) as an Independent Councillor in 2011.

She was at the forefront of the fight for structural changes in the MCG as a Councillor, and she is the lead petitioner in a PIL demanding decentralisation of Gurgaon governance by devolving all executive and financial functions to MCG elected officials.

Jail Term And Penalty She Received

Ten of the convicts, including Nisha Singh, were sentenced to seven years in prison and fined Rs 10,000 each, while seven others were sentenced to ten years in prison and fined Rs 20,000 apiece. The ruling specified that if they do not pay, their sentences will be increased by two to three years.

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