R K Sinha
MP of Rajya Sabha for Bihar
In office
10 April 2014 – 2020
Succeeded byAmarendra Dhari Singh
ConstituencyBihar
Personal details
Born (1951-09-22) 22 September 1951 (age 72)
Buxar, Bihar, India
Political partyBJP
SpouseShrimati Rita Kishore Sinha
Children2 Rituraj Kishore Sinha
ProfessionRajya Sabha, otherwise retired
Websitewww.rksinha.com
As of 20 December, 2016
Source: [1]

Ravindra Kishore Sinha, also known as RK Sinha (22 September 1951) is an Indian billionaire businessman, politician and journalist.[1] He is the founder of Security and Intelligence Services, a private security provider in India and Australia.[2][3][4]

Sinha is a graduate of Political Science and Law and started his career as a journalist. He created Security and Intelligence Services to help retired servicemen after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.[5]

Sinha was elected to the Rajya Sabha to represent Bihar State by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) as a Member of Parliament in the Indian Upper House in 2014.[6][7]

In November 2017, an investigation conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism cited his name in the list of politicians named in "Paradise Papers" where he was found to be clean chit and with no legal issues.[8] This reference did not appear to contain anything other than legal dealings.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Ravindra Kishore Sinha". Forbes. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. ^ Chatterjee, Paramita; Pramugdha Mamgain (15 July 2011). "How Ravindra Kishore Sinha of Security and Intelligence Services (India) is securing firms". The Economic Times. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. ^ "BJP's super rich candidate to contest Rajya Sabha polls in Bihar". Mid-Day. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  4. ^ "His company's worth Rs 3,000 crore and he is BJP's RS candidate". India Today. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Biography". Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  6. ^ "CP Thakur, RK Sinha file papers for Rajya Sabha polls in Bihar". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  7. ^ "CP Thakur, RK Sinha file nomination papers for Rajya Sabha". Zee News. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Explore The Politicians in the Paradise Papers - ICIJ". ICIJ. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Paradise Papers: Security firm of BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ravindra Kishore Sinha linked to two offshore entities". The Indian Express. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  10. ^ "WATCH | Asked about name in Paradise Papers, BJP MP RK Sinha writes: On maun vrat". India Today. 6 November 2017.


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