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Father Murdered During UPSC Prep, Son Becomes IPS and Secures Justice
- •IPS Bajrang Prasad Yadav hails from Basti district in Uttar Pradesh and cleared the 2022 UPSC exam with an All India Rank of 454.
- •While preparing for UPSC in Delhi in 2020, his father Rajesh Kumar Yadav was brutally murdered over a land dispute in the village.
- •His mother Kusumlata showed immense courage and did not call him home for the funeral so his studies would not be disrupted.
- •After facing two consecutive failures, he cracked the exam in his third attempt to fulfill his family's dream of becoming a police officer.
- •A Basti court recently sentenced 9 accused to 10 years of imprisonment each in his father's murder case, bringing justice.
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IPS Bajrang Prasad Yadav hails from the Basti district in Uttar Pradesh and was born on September 2, 1998. After completing his B.Sc from Allahabad University, he moved to Delhi to prepare for the Civil Services Examination. He secured All India Rank 454 in the 2022 UPSC exam and was selected for the IPS.
In 2020, while Bajrang Prasad was preparing for the UPSC Prelims in Delhi, his father Rajesh Kumar Yadav was murdered over a land dispute. Despite the immense personal grief, his mother did not call him home for the funeral so his studies would not be affected. After facing two initial failures, he persisted and cleared the exam on his third attempt.
In August 2026, a court in Basti delivered its verdict on the murder case, sentencing 9 accused individuals to 10 years of imprisonment each. Bajrang Prasad shared this update on social media as he simultaneously began his new responsibilities as an IPS officer.
