An alumnus of National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, Singh had commissioned into the Indian Navy in July 1980. He is the current Flag Officer Commanding in Chief (FOC-in-C), Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.

Hitesh Patel, an accused in the Rs 8,100-crore bank loan fraud allegedly perpetrated by Gujarat-based Sterling Biotech group, has been detained in Albania on the basis of an Interpol notice issued against him by the ED, officials said Friday.

As per reports, Shah was chosen for Gandhinagar as his previous Assembly constituency, Naranpura, is located in Ahmedabad, and it also falls in the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency