Murder case against former BSP minister

Lucknow, June 14: A murder case was on June 13 lodged against former BSP minister Nand Gopal Gupta alias Nandi and four others in Allahabad.

A woman, Anita Devi, whose husband Rakesh Yadav is lodged in Naini jail, was returning home on a motorcycle after meeting him when she was shot dead yesterday, DIG (public grievance) Jai Narain Singh said.

On the complaint of Anita Devi's daughter, a case under sections 302 (murder) and 120-B (conspiracy) of IPC was lodged against the former stamp and registration minister and four others, Singh said.

Rakesh Yadav in presently in jail in connection with attack on Nandi in 2010.

PTI