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UP: Ex-BSP MLA Rajbhar, 2 more, booked in embezzlement case

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Ballia (UP), Jan 10 (PTI) A former BSP legislator and two others were booked here in connection with an alleged embezzlement of Rs 5 lakh from the legislator's fund, police on Friday said.

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The FIR was lodged at the Nagra Police Station on the complaint of Nanhi village native Vijay Narayan Singh against Chhote Lal Rajbhar, a former BSP MLA from the Chilkahar constituency, and Ajay Kumar Singh and Manoj Kumar Pandey.

Rajbhar was the BSP legislator from 1996 to 20002. He is currently a member of the Samajwadi Party.

Singh and Pandey are accused of diverting Rs 5 lakh colluding with Rajbhar from the legislator's fund without undertaking any actual work.

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Rasra Circle Officer Mohammad Faheem Qureshi said the FIR was registered following an order from the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Ballia, on December 6. PTI COR CDN VN VN

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