BANDA : Former BJP MLA from Tindwari in Banda, Brijesh Kumar Prajapati, along with his four supporters, has been sent to judicial custody by the special MP/MLA court in Banda.

According to reports, Brijesh Kumar Prajapati surrendered beforeJudge Garima Singh at MP/MLA court in a case of 2018 in which he is accused of thrashing, threatening and extorting money from a mining officer, Shailendra Singh.
It was accused by the mining officer that Brijesh Kumar Prajapati, who was then BJP MLA, had called him to the circuit house where he was made captive, issued life threats, and manhandled. He had also accused Prajapati of extorting Rs 25 lakh from him.

The former legislator was booked under sections 147, 148, 149, 342, 353, 504, 506 of IPC in the City Kotwali in this matter. 

It was reported that Singh after being released from captivity had lodged the complaint. Other than Prajapati, his associates Devendra Prajapati Pappu, Manoj Prajapati Nilu, Lavkesh and Kuldeep have also been sent to jail.

Abhinandan Banda, the police superintendent, said: "The case pertains 2018 and a charge sheet has been submitted. The case is still pending, and on Monday, all five defendants were placed in judicial custody and sent to jail." Prior to the elections, Brijesh Prajapati switched from the BJP to the SP, although he was unsuccessful in the most recent Assembly elections.

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