Ashok Veer Vikram Singh

Ashok Veer Vikram Singh, also known as Bhaiya Raja was the member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was convicted in several criminal cases and imprisoned for life.[1]

Biography

He was a petty criminal but later rose to fearsome image in Isagarh and Pawai areas of Chhatarpur and Panna districts of Bundelkhand region in Madhya Pradesh due to political support.[1][2]

Political career

He was son-in-law of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jujhar Singh. He was elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly as an independent candidate from Pawai in 1990 though he was in jail in connection to murder case.[3] He was again elected as candidate of Indian National Congress in 1993. He contested as a candidate of Samajwadi Party and lost to Mukesh Nayak in 1998. His first wife Asha Rani won as a candidate of BJP from Bijawar constituency in 2008 but disqualified in 2013 following her conviction in criminal case.[1]

Criminal cases

He was accused in more than twenty cases.[3]

He was accused for murder of Siddharth Rao, the nephew of former home minister of India Buta Singh, in 1980s.[1]

His domestic help, Tijji Bai, was found dead at his Bhopal home in November 2007. He and his wife Asha Rani were accused of abement of suicide. Later they were covicted and sentenced to jail for ten years.[4][1][5][6][2]

His grandniece Vasundhara Bundela, a student of fashion design, was found dead at Misrod near Bhopal on 11 December 2009. He was arrested in 2009. He, along with his four aids, was convicted of her murder and sexual abuse. He was sentenced for life in 2013. He was imprisoned in Bhopal jail. [1][5][6][7]

Death

He suffered a brain haemorrhage and was hospitalised on 15 December 2014. He died on 19 December 2014 at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. His last rites were performed at his native place Gharwar a day later.[1][8][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Terror of Bundelkhand Bhaiya Raja dead". The Times of India. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "BJP MLA, Bhaiya Raja get 10-yr in jail". The Pioneer. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 "MLA Ashok Veer Vikrum Singh ducks police". India Today. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ↑ indiatvnews (31 October 2013). "MP Don Bhaiya Raja's Wife BJP MLA Asha Rani Gets 10 Year Jail For Killing Maid". IndiaTv. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Former Madhya Pradesh MLA Bhaiya Raja, 4 others get life sentence in murder case". The Times of India. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 "Bhopal: Jailed feudal lord and murder convict Bhaiya Raja dies". Hindustan Times. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ex-MLA gets life for the murder of grandniece he sexually abused". The Indian Express. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ex-MLA Bhaiya Raja dies in Bhopal - TOI Mobile". The Times of India Mobile Site. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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