Pankaj Mishra, Hamirpur: Former MP Ashok Singh Chandel, who’s serving lifestyles sentence within the well-known mass homicide case of Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh, has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment by means of the MPMLA courtroom on Monday. In conjunction with the punishment within the 17-year-old case, the courtroom has additionally imposed a wonderful of 8 and a part thousand rupees.
In 2007, Pappu Kushwaha, a resident of Ramedi Mohalla of Hamirpur, had filed a case of kidnapping and attack towards 8 other folks, together with Ashok Singh Chandel, at Sadar Kotwali. This incident came about on 27 November 2006. At the moment there used to be SP govt within the state and Ashok Singh Chandel used to be the MLA from SP from Hamirpur meeting constituency. After the formation of the BSP govt within the state within the 12 months 2007, particular counters have been opened for registering FIRs in previous circumstances, by which a case used to be registered towards Ashok Singh Chandel.
Prosecuting officer Vikas Kumar stated on Monday that MPMLA Courtroom Pass judgement on Seema Kumari convicted Ashok Singh Chandel underneath sections 365, 341, 323, 506, 149 and sentenced him to 5 years rigorous imprisonment underneath phase 365, whilst enforcing a wonderful of 8 and a part thousand rupees.
Mass homicide of 5 other folks came about at the night time of Republic Day, at the night time of January 26, 1997, BJP chief Rajeev Shukla’s elder brother Rajesh Shukla, Rakesh Shukla, blameless nephew Gudda, Shrikant Pandey and Ved Prakash have been gunned down right here in Hamirpur. Others together with Rajeev Shukla and Ravikant have been injured within the incident. A case used to be registered towards the entire other folks together with former Ashok Singh Chandel, liquor baron Raghuveer Singh, Dabbu Singh relating to this bloodbath. Accused Jhandu Singh Arakh had died all the way through the trial within the courtroom. A double bench of the Prime Courtroom sentenced former MP to lifestyles imprisonmentOn April 19, 2019, a double bench of the Prime Courtroom had sentenced 9 convicts, together with former MP Ashok Singh Chandel, to lifestyles imprisonment relating to mass homicide of 5 other folks in Subhash Bazar of Hamirpur town. All of the accused went to prison after the non-bailable warrants have been issued after the conviction. The previous MP is lodged in Agra prison. Remaining 12 months, the Preferrred Courtroom’s triple bench had upheld the lifestyles sentence of different convicts, together with the previous MP. Convicted Raghuveer Singh has additionally died closing 12 months. Ashok Singh Chandel took oath within the Lok Sabha in an absconding situation. After the mass homicide of 5 other folks, Ashok Singh Chandel become a Member of Parliament within the normal elections within the 12 months 1999 on a BSP price tag, however the MP needed to keep in prison for 2 and a part years. The then SP LV Etni had run groups to arrest the absconding MP Chandel. Police groups adopted him until Delhi, however with the assistance of a political candidate, Ashok Singh Chandel reached the Lok Sabha and took oath. He needed to give up within the courtroom underneath the drive of the police.