Ex-J'khand minister gets one-yr jail in assault case

A local court on Wednesday sentenced a former Jharkhand minister to one-year imprisonment in connection with a 15-year-old assault case.

A local court on Wednesday sentenced a former Jharkhand minister to one-year imprisonment in connection with a 15-year-old assault case.

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Chief Judicial Magistrate Chandra Sekhar pronounced the judgement in the presence of Madhu Singh, a former minister and a JD(U) candidate contesting from Panki seat in the ongoing assembly elections in the state.

Singh was found guilty in an incident of assault in 1994.