Friday, September 12, 2025
spot_img

Former MP Dhananjay Singh sentenced to seven years jail in kidnapping case

Date:

Share post:

spot_imgspot_img
Jaunpur (UP), March 6: A special court in UP’s Jaunpur on Wednesday sentenced former MP Dhananjay Singh to a seven-year jail term in a case of extortion and kidnapping.

The special court for MP/MLA cases also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him.

The former MP was convicted on Tuesday for kidnapping Jal Nigam project manager Abhinav Singhal and taken into custody.

Singhal had filed a case against the former MP from Jaunpur in Line Bazar police station, accusing him of kidnapping, extortion and threats.

The work of laying sewer lines worth about Rs 300 crore was going on in Jaunpur and Singhal alleged that the former MP obstructed the work.

“He forcefully called me to his residence with his men, demanded extortion and threatened to kill me,” he told the police. He had filed a case against four people including the former MP.

IANS

spot_imgspot_img

Related articles

Operation Sindoor served as a reality check on needs of N-warfare: Defence Secy

Pune, Sep 12: Stressing higher spending on research and development (R&D), Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said on...

Neil Nitin Mukesh recalls how grandfather Mukesh’s name sparked frenzy at Russian hotel

Mumbai, Sep 12: Bollywood actor Neil Nitin Mukesh took a trip down memory lane and recalled how while...

Centre paves way for more farmers to benefit from opium poppy cultivation

New Delhi, Sep 12 : The Union government on Friday announced the annual licensing policy for the Opium...

PM Modi to unveil 31 projects worth Rs 8,500 crore in Manipur tomorrow

Imphal, Sep 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 17 projects and lay foundation stones of 14 others...