kolkata orphangunge road in alipore which witnessed intense drama for over three hours on tuesday wore a deserted look on wednesday nearly 200 police personnel including officers of watgunje garden reach and alipore police stations and officers of the detective department had converged on bjp leader rakesh singhs home on tuesday leading to a standoff with singhs children the cops waited till the court denied singhs plea and only after that were they allowed to enter the house around 505pm on wednesday however the scene was completely different only a couple of police officers reached singhs home to inform his daughter that her father had been arrested and that he was in lalbazar when singh was at alipore court he stopped for some time to hug his daughterthe deserted entrance to singhs residence on the narrow road located about 500 metre from the alipore zoozeerut bridge crossing and dotted with a mix of residences and trading units stood out a lone capf man along with an office boy were found outside the home after singh joined bjp in march 2018 he was provided with ycategory security by the centresantosh singh a neighbour said he had seen the rise of singh today he might be moving around with ycategory security but he has been popular in the area since a long time since his congress days santosh said he had provided some local youths with jobs in 2016 assembly elections singh had unsuccessfully contested on a congress ticket from the port area singhs brush with law came as no surprise to his neighbours but among some people whom he had helped in some way or the other he still holds strong loyaltystate advocategeneral kishore datta during his submissions in calcutta high court on tuesday had referred to singh as a history sheeter with 56 criminal cases against him some lodged even a decade ago singh had earlier told toi that he was not bothered even if the number of cases against him was 555 i have been slapped with numerous cases over the years but they havent been able to prove even one of them singh had said in politics for the past 17 years singhs career has seen him being accused in a number of serious offences including in a hospital arson case the vidyasagar bust vandalism case and finally the attack on bjp president j p naddas convoy singh rose through the ranks within a few years after he took control of the workers union at alipore zoo over the years he took control of employees unions at multiple private hospitals in the aliporeekbalpore area the kolkata racecourse and nearby hotels even on wednesday he remained his usual self i am not like any other leader who can be forced upon i will not buckle but stand with the truth singh claimed while speaking to his lawyer in the court lockup