K. D. Singh (politician)

Dr Kanwar Deep Singh (born 21 August 1961), also known as K. D. Singh, is an Indian businessman turned politician and Member of Parliament (MP), Rajya Sabha representing the All India Trinamool Congress, but first elected to the Indian parliament as a nominee of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. He is the founder and the former chairman of the Indian business group called Turbo Industries, whose name was changed and rebranded as the Alchemist Group in 2004. He was elected to lead the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) between 2013 and 2014.

Singh's political and business career has been marred by various controversies, with several of his organization's subsidiaries and he being banned because of alleged illegal businesses by the Securities and Exchange Board of India. He was the major investor in the Tehelka magazine known for undercover sting operations, and has been alleged to have planned and financed the Narada sting operation against his own party and state-level All India Trinamool Congress leaders, according to The Mint newspaper. He was accused in an alleged ponzi scam in 2009 and remains under enforcement proceedings.