Outgoing UP MLC convicted in a case

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), March 16 (IANS) Former MP and outgoing MLC Akshay Pratap Singh a.k.a Gopal ji, suffered a major setback when the MP-MLA court at Pratapgarh announced him guilty of obtaining revolver's license on fake address and convicted him accordingly.The MP-MLA court will announce the quantum of punishment on March 22.Gopal ji is a relative and close associate of Kunda MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh a.k.a. Raja Bhaiyya and has been a three term MLC and former MP.He was accused of taking revolver's license on a fake address. It is alleged that he obtained the revolver's license by showing the address of Pratapgarh district. The then SHO had filed a criminal case against him in 1997 at Nagar Kotwali in this connection.

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