Accused In 2005 Murder Case Of BJP Leader Shot Dead By UP Police
A resident of UP’s Mau district, Rakesh Pandey carried a bounty of Rs 1 lakh. (Representational)
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh):
The Uttar Pradesh Particular Activity Drive (STF) gunned down Rakesh Pandey, an accused within the 2005 homicide case of BJP chief Krishnanand Rai, in an come upon close to Sarojini Nagar Police Station in Lucknow, mentioned Inspector Common of Police (STF) Amitabh Yash on Sunday.
“Rakesh Pandey killed in an come upon with UP STF close to Sarojini Nagar Police Station in Lucknow,” mentioned Amitabh Yash.
A resident of UP’s Mau district, Rakesh Pandey alias Hanuman Pandey carried a bounty of Rs 1 lakh. He was once a sought after prison and accused of many heinous crimes.
Krishnanand Rai, who was once murdered on November 29, 2005, in conjunction with six different individuals, was once a sitting MLA from the Mohammadabad constituency.
The investigation of the case was once transferred from UP Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
In 2013, the Ideally suited Court docket transferred the case from Ghazipur to Delhi after Krishnanand Rai’s spouse Alka Rai filed a plea within the court docket.
In October closing yr, Alka Rai had approached the Delhi Prime Court docket difficult the acquittal of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and others within the case.
The CBI court docket whilst acquitting all of the accused seen that it was once a ugly case involving the homicide of 7 individuals. The eyewitnesses and different subject matter witnesses had grew to become adversarial all through the trial.
