Vijay Singh shifted to Banda district prison from Naini

Prayagraj: The convict in the ex-UP cabinet minister killing, who was lodged at the Naini central jail, was shifted to Banda district jail on Thursday.

Vijay Singh, who was convicted for killing ex-cabinet minister Brahmdatt Dwivedi and was lodged in the Naini central jail since 2017, was shifted to Banda jail amidst tight security arrangements on administrative ground.

Senior jail superintendent of Naini central jail, P N Pandey told TOI that “after receiving orders from state authorities late on Wednesday night, the convict Vijay Singh, who was brought to Naini central jail on August 17, 2017 from Lucknow district jail, was handed over to police to get him lodged at Banda district jail at around 8:30 am”.

Vijay Singh, a resident of Farukhabad., was awarded life term in the case murder case.

Senior BJP leader and MLA Brahm Dutt Dwivedi was shot dead in Farrukhabad district in February 1997. The case was later investigated by the CBI.

Last month, Bhadohi’s muscleman and Gyanpur MLA Vijay Mishra was shifted to Chitakoot jail from Naini central jail amidst tight security arrangements on administrative ground.