BSP legislator Anand Sen gets life sentence for Dalit's murder
18 May 2011, Man Mohan Rai, ET Bureau
LUCKNOW: In yet another instance of ignominy to the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh , Bahujan Samaj Party legislator Anand Sen and two of his associates have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Faizabad court for the murder of a 24-year-old pregnant Dalit.
He is the second ruling party MLA to be convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment this month. On May 6, BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari was found guilty of murdering PWD engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta, for refusing to pay money for Mayawati's birthday celebrations, and was given life sentence by an additional sessions judge.
The Milkipur MLA Anand Sen, who was a minister in the Mayawati government, was charged with plotting the murder of law student Shashi Prasad in October 2007. The victim's father, who is also a BSP worker, had accused Anand Sen of kidnapping and murdering his daughter. After killing the woman, who was pregnant, her body was dumped into the Gomti river, from where her wrist watch was recovered later.
The ruling party welcomed the court order and said the verdict had been possible due to effective steps taken by the state government.
"We welcome the court's decision to award life sentence to former minister Anand Sen and two others. Sen was immediately sacked from his ministerial post as soon as his name cropped up in the murder case", a party release issued here said.
Contrary to other political parties, BSP was the only party, which immediately took action against those found involved in criminal activities, it said. "In earlier governments in the state, the criminals were shielded but it was not done in the BSP regime", it added.
With two of its MLAs sentenced to life imprisonment for murder within a fortnight, the BSP government's image has taken a beating. With elections to the state barely a year away, the Mayawati government is trying hard to manage the crisis.
The BSP government had come to power promising better law and order. With its own leaders thrown behind bars, BSP has been pushed to the wall by opposition parties, who have highlighted the cases.
In January, BSP MLA Purushottam Diwedi was arrested by the police for raping a minor in Banda. The case is still on. Half a dozen elected leaders of BSP have gone behind bars since the party came to power in 2007.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/bsp-legislator-anand-sen-gets-life-sentence-for-dalits-murder/articleshow/8407121.cms
LUCKNOW: In yet another instance of ignominy to the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh , Bahujan Samaj Party legislator Anand Sen and two of his associates have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Faizabad court for the murder of a 24-year-old pregnant Dalit.
He is the second ruling party MLA to be convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment this month. On May 6, BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari was found guilty of murdering PWD engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta, for refusing to pay money for Mayawati's birthday celebrations, and was given life sentence by an additional sessions judge.
The Milkipur MLA Anand Sen, who was a minister in the Mayawati government, was charged with plotting the murder of law student Shashi Prasad in October 2007. The victim's father, who is also a BSP worker, had accused Anand Sen of kidnapping and murdering his daughter. After killing the woman, who was pregnant, her body was dumped into the Gomti river, from where her wrist watch was recovered later.
The ruling party welcomed the court order and said the verdict had been possible due to effective steps taken by the state government.
"We welcome the court's decision to award life sentence to former minister Anand Sen and two others. Sen was immediately sacked from his ministerial post as soon as his name cropped up in the murder case", a party release issued here said.
Contrary to other political parties, BSP was the only party, which immediately took action against those found involved in criminal activities, it said. "In earlier governments in the state, the criminals were shielded but it was not done in the BSP regime", it added.
With two of its MLAs sentenced to life imprisonment for murder within a fortnight, the BSP government's image has taken a beating. With elections to the state barely a year away, the Mayawati government is trying hard to manage the crisis.
The BSP government had come to power promising better law and order. With its own leaders thrown behind bars, BSP has been pushed to the wall by opposition parties, who have highlighted the cases.
In January, BSP MLA Purushottam Diwedi was arrested by the police for raping a minor in Banda. The case is still on. Half a dozen elected leaders of BSP have gone behind bars since the party came to power in 2007.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/bsp-legislator-anand-sen-gets-life-sentence-for-dalits-murder/articleshow/8407121.cms
Labels: BSP legislator Anand Sen, BSP MLA Purushottam Diwedi, BSP murders pregnant Dalit, murder of law student Shashi Prasad, raping a minor in Banda
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