Convicted BJP MLA Kanwar Lal Meena surrenders before court

THE MLA WAS CONVICTED FOR OBSTRUCTING GOVT WORK AND THREATENING A SDM BY PUTTING A GUN TO HIS HEAD AND THREATENING TO KILL HIM

- HT Correspondent

JAIPUR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Kanwar Lal Meena surrendered before a trial court in Jhalawar district on Wednesday, following a directive of the Supreme Court, which upheld his conviction and three-year sentencing for threatening an official in a 20-year-old case.

On May 7, the Supreme Court rejected the MLA's plea challenging his conviction and sentencing by a lower court and gave him two weeks to surrender. Meena, who represents Anta assembly constituency, surrendered before the Manohar Thana court on the last day of the deadline.

"The MLA, Kanwar Meena, surrendered before the trial court at around 11.30 am on Wednesday. He has been sent to the Aklera Jail in Jhalawar by the court," said Nandkishor Verma, station house officer (SHO), Manohar Thana police station, where the FIR was registered against Meena.

Meena is accused of obstructing government work and threatening a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), Ramniwas Mehta, by putting a gun to his head and threatening to kill him on January 3, 2005. Meena, who was not an MLA at the time, along with a group of villagers, had gone to the SDM's office to demand a recount of voting in the deputy sarpanch's election in Khatakhedi. He also threatened an IAS probationer and a tehsildar and broke the camera of the government videographer.