On Monday, criminal-turned-politician and former BSP MP Dhananjay Singh was arrested from his residence in Jaunpur along with his close aide by Line Bazar police.
He was arrested on charges of kidnapping and threatening a UP Jal Nigam project manager handling the over Rs 300 crore sewage treatment plant project.
ADG, Varanasi zone, Brij Bhushan, said, “Jal Nigam project manager Abhinav Singhal lodged a complaint at Line Bazar police station on Sunday late night. He said he was being repeatedly threatened by Dhananjay’s goons and was kidnapped at gunpoint on Sunday and taken to his residence where he was threatened.”
Police also seized his luxury SUV, which was allegedly used to kidnap the project manager.
A case was registered against Dhananjay and his aide under sections 364 (kidnapping), 386 (extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt), 504 (intentional insult) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC. SP Jaunpur Ashok Kumar formed a team that arrested Dhananjay and his accomplice Vikram Singh from his Shastri Nagar residence at 2 am,” he added.
Both were produced before the court of remand magistrate on Monday morning and sent to the district jail in 14-day judicial custody.
For the uninitiated, the former BSP MP has been booked under the Gangster Act 4 times in past. In 2009, he joined BSP and won parliamentary election from Jaunpur but was expelled from the party before 2012 assembly poll.
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