Allahabad High Court on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment a BJP MLA and nine of his aides for the murder of five members of a family 22 years ago. The MLA told reporters at his home in Hamirpur before being taken into custody that he was innocent and would move the Supreme Court. Chandel told me to reverse my car since he was not in the habit of going backwards. Chandel won the 1989 and 1993 Assembly elections from Hamirpur as an Independent. Chandel joined the BJP in 2017 and won again.

Source: The Telegraph April 20, 2019 02:48 UTC