Jaunpur (UP) Aug.8 : A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur Monday sentenced the former Machlishahr MP Umakant Yadav to a life sentence in the 27-year-old triple murder case.
Seven other people in the case have also been awarded a life-time terms.
The court also handed down an amount of 5 lakhs rupees to the MP who was previously in office.
The case began February 1995 in which constables Ajay Singh, Lallan Singh and another person were killed in firing in an attempt to rescue Raj Kumar Yadav, who was imprisoned in the jail of the Shahganj Government Railway Police in Jaunpur.
In the course of describing the specifics of the incident, advocate for the government said constable Raghunath Singh, who was posted in Shahganj GRP was the one who filed an FIR in February 1995 and armed with pistol and rifle, Umakant Yadav came to the GRP post with his accomplices.
Umakant Yadav forcibly tried to free Raj Kumar Yadav, who was in the lockup.He opened fire , and aside from Ajay Singh and Lallan Singh, a third was killed in the shooting.
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