SP leader held in dacoity case

Pratapgarh (UP), Aug 29: Samajwadi Party leader Gulshan Yadav, who unsuccessfully contested the 2022 assembly polls, was on Tuesday arrested in connection with a dacoity case, police said. Yadav was arrested from his residence in the Colonelganj area here, SHO, Kunda police station, Sanjay Kumar Singh said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Rohit Mishra said a non-bailable warrant was issued against him by a court in a case of dacoity and others registered against him at Kunda police station last year.
Police said Yadav is a “listed mafia” in police records and faces 21 criminal cases. Yadav had contested the 2022 elections from Kunda against Jansatta Dal leader Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya. (PTI)