Ex-UP minister sentenced to five years in jail

RUDRAPUR: Former minister of Uttar Pradesh Prem Prakash Singh, a resident of Shaktifarm of US Nagar, was sentenced to 5 years in jail in a land grabbing case on Monday, an official said.

Prabhawati, the wife of Late Ram Avadh, a freedom fighter and retired police officer, had lodged a land grabbing case in Rudrapur police station against Prem Prakash Singh and two others - Navnath and Prem Narayan - in 2014 that Prem Prakash Singh and two his two aide have grabbed her land by preparing a forged will.

She had alleged that Ram Avadh had 32.50 acres land in Bagwala village of Rudrapur. Singh had grabbed 15 acres land by preparing a fake will in his committee Maa Shakti Peeth Samiti. Police added six more persons in the case after investigation. They were the former minister’s wife Manjulata Singh, son Shivvardhan Singh, daughter-in-law Nidhi Singh, ex-district government counsel SB Singh, his wife Geeta Singh and daughter-in-law Shikha Singh.

Sidhharth Srivastava, counsel of Prabhawati, said, “After trial, the civil judge (senior division) sentenced Prem Prakash Singh to 5 years in jail on Monday. While others were sentenced 2 to 5 years but court granted interim bail to them.” Singh was sent to jail later. Singh was a minister when Mulayam Singh Yadav was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was elected MLA from Barahaj seat in Deoria district of UP.

PREM PRAKASH SINGH WAS MINISTER WHEN MULAYAM SINGH WAS THE CHIEF MINISTER OF UTTAR PRADESH