Nandi attack case: SP MLA shifted to Allahabad Jail

Meerut, Feb 19 (PTI) Samajwadi Party MLA Vijay Mishra,arrested in connection with the bomb attack on Uttar Pradeshminister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi, has been shifted to Allahabadjail from Meerut district prison.

Acting on a Allahabad special court''s order ofFebruary 11, a police team arrived at Meerut jail yesterdayand took Mishra, who is remanded to 60 days of judicialcustody, to Naini Central Jail.

After his arrest on February 8 from Delhi, the SP MLAwas locked in Meerut jail but the court, citing securityconcerns, ordered administration to shift him to thehigh-security Naini jail.

Mishra is key accused in the bomb attack on Nandioutside his Allahabad house on July 12 last year. The blasthad killed two persons and left the minister seriouslyinjured.