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Uttar Pradesh assembly awards one-day imprisonment to six policemen

LUCKNOW: In a rare occurrence in the history of state legislature, the UP Assembly turned into a court on Friday and awarded one-day simple imprisonment (till midnight) to six policemen found guilty of breach of privilege in a 2004 case related to BJP's Kanpur MLA, Salil Bishnoi.

The MLA had served the privilege notice after being allegedly assaulted by these cops when he was taking out a procession. The privilege committee of the house had found them guilty in 2006.

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