Former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA Kunti Devi from Gaya’s Atri Vidhan Sabha has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Sumirak Yadav murder case.
On January 19, Gaya ADJ-III Sangam Singh held former legislator Kunti Devi guilty in the eight-year-old murder case. The judge had also served a show-cause notice to Daudnagar sub-jail superintendent for his failure to produce the RJD leader in court.
A block level leader of the Janata Dal (United), Sumarik Yadav was killed at Neemchak Bathani bazar in Bihar’s Gaya on February 26, 2013. A preliminary probe had revealed that Yadav’s murder the outcome of a political rivalry.
JD(U) leader Sumarik Yadav was returning home after locking up the party office when he was beaten to death by unknown persons.