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  • Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Indra Pratap Tiwari gets 5 years in jail in 28-year-old fake mark sheet case

    By PTI

    AYODHYA: Indra Pratap Tiwari, BJP MLA from Gosaiganj in Ayodhya, was on Monday sentenced to five years imprisonment by a special court in a 28-year-old case of using a fake mark sheet to get admission in college.

    Special judge Puja Singh delivered the verdict and Tiwari, who was present in the MP/MLA court, was taken into custody and sent to jail.

    The court also slapped a fine of Rs 8,000 on him.

    Indra Pratap Tiwari alias Khabbu Tiwari was elected from the Gosaiganj assembly constituency.

    The case was lodged against Tiwari in 1992 by the then Principal of Saket Degree College in Ayodhya Yaduvansh Ram Tripathi at the Ram Janmabhoomi police station.

    According to the FIR, Tiwari, who failed in the second year of graduation, took admission in the next class by submitting a fake mark sheet in 1990.

    The charge sheet was filed after 13 years in the case.

    Several original documents disappeared from the records and the trial continued with the preparation of secondary copies of all the court documents.

    The plaintiff, Tripathi, also died during the trial.

    Mahendra Kumar Agrawal, the then Dean of Saket College, and other witnesses testified against Tiwari.

  • Land deal: Plaint against Ayodhya temple trust members, BJP MLA

    By PTI

    AYODHYA: Hanuman Garhi temple Mahant Dharam Das has filed a police complaint against members of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and a BJP MLA, alleging fraud in the purchase of government land.

    Apart from all trust members and Gosaiganj BJP MLA Indra Pratap Tiwari, Das complained against Ayodhya Mayor Rishikesh Upadhyay’s nephew Deep Narayan Upadhyay and Faizabad Sub-Registrar S B Singh, according to police.

    Das has accused them of betraying people by misusing funds collected for the construction of the Ram temple.

    In a video statement to reporters, he also demanded immediate sacking of trust member Champat Rai.

    He further said the responsibility of running the shrine should be given to seers of Ayodhya, stressing the government should run the country and not the temple.

    In his complaint, Das alleged that Deep Narayan Upadhyay purchased 676 sq metre land from Mahant Devendra Prasadacharya in February for Rs 20 lakh, which was further sold to the temple trust for Rs 2.5 crore.

    The circle rate of the land is about Rs 35 lakhs, he said.

    The Gosaiganj BJP MLA and trust member Anil Mishra were witnesses for the land deal with the temple trust, he said in the complaint.

    When contacted, trust members refused to comment over the issue.

    However, the incharge of the trust office here, Prakash Gupta, said if the nazul (government) land was involved in the deal then Das should have complained to government officials.

    What is the meaning of going to police, he said, trashing allegations of corruption and adding that they bought the land and paid the amount.