Jailed don, former UP MLA Vijay Mishra convicted in 46-yr-old court murder case

Prayagraj: The special MP-MLA court, Prayagraj on Tuesday convicted jailed mafia-don and four-time former MLA Vijay Mishra in a 46-year-old murder case.

The court will announce the quantum of sentence against Mishra, a former MLA from the Gyanpur assembly seat in Bhadohi, on Wednesday

.Special judge Yogesh Kumar ( third) convicted Mishra, along with Jeet Narayan, Santram, and Balram for gunning down 35-year-old Prakash Narayan Pandey in the district court premises on Feb 11, 1980.

Pandey, a university student, had come to the district court to seek bail in a case filed against him. He had an old feud with Santram and Balram.

The deceased’s elder brother, Shyam Narayan, had filed an FIR at the Colonelganj police station. However, the trial could not be concluded as the original records and case diary went missing. However, the file was reconstructed later after which the trial concluded.

Mishra is currently lodged in Agra jail with 83 criminal cases, including of murder, loot, kidnapping, rape, fraud, extortion, property grabbing and others, to his account.