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The Times of India
The Times of India
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Rajeev Dikshit | TNN

Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Party MLA Ramakant Yadav surrenders in Azamgarh court in 2 old cases, sent to jail

VARANASI: Muscleman politician and Samajwadi Party MLA Ramakant Yadav on Monday was sent to jail after he surrendered before the MP-MLA court of Azamgarh in two cases lodged against him in 1998 and 2016.

Ramakant's lawyer Adya Shankar Dubey said, "The SP MLA surrendered before the MP-MLA court in a case lodged in 1998 on the charges of attempt to murder and disturbing public order by blocking road and one more case lodged in 2016. The court ordered to send him to the Azamgarh district jail under judicial custody."

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