Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): Policemen are known for their fitness and physique given the tough training and strict duty schedule they are used to. And former IPS officer SR Darapuri, 81, has proved that age is just a number as he tied the knot for the second time.
A resident of Indiranagar in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow, Darapuri himself updated his followers about his marriage in a social media post. Former IPS officer SR Darapuri got married for the second time on Thursday, August 8. Darapuri has married an Anganwadi worker from Lakhimpur after his first wife died in 2022. The former IPS officer has two sons Vaidya Darapuri and Rahul Darapuri besides a daughter Sulchana Darapuri, who is married.
Darapuri is suffering from Parkinson's disease and was facing a tough time post his wife's death in 2022 which necessitating the second marriage.
Top Cop-turned-Human Rights Activist: Darapuri, who retired in 2003 after serving in various capacities during his 32-year-long career, has been at the helm of campaigns advocating for rights of Dalits and minorities.
Darapuri made headlines in October last year after he was arrested along with five other activists for holding a protest demanding land for Dalits.
Earlier, in 2019, during the anti-CAA protests, Darapuri was among several other protesters asked by the Yogi Adityanath led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh to pay Rs 63 lakh in damage to public and government property.
Darapuri had also contested the Lok Sabha elections in the year 2014. Darapuri has been working as a leading activist for many organizations including Ambedkar Mahasabha.
