FIR Filed Against SP MLA and 4 Others for Threatening Witness in 2021 Case

Varanasi: An FIR has been filed against Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Om Prakash Singh and four others for allegedly breaking into the residence of a witness in a 2021 case against him and threatening him and his family members, police said on Saturday.

The FIR was filed at Bhelupur police station on Friday as directed by a special MP-MLA court, police said.

On the night of June 26, 2023, SP MLA Om Prakash Singh from Jamania, along with his son Ritesh Singh, Chittupur Corporator O P Singh, Nand Lal Keshri, and an unidentified individual, forcibly entered Gautam Ghosh's home in the Sundarpur area. Ghosh is the main witness in a case registered against Om Prakash Singh at Sigra police station here in 2021, Bhelpur Station House Officer (SHO) Vijay Kumar Shukla said.

The accused hurled abuses at Ghosh's wife and threatened to break her arms and legs if he testified in the case. The same day, Ghosh received death threats on his mobile phone, the SHO said.

Following the orders of the MP-MLA court, a case was registered in the matter against Om Prakash Singh, his son, O P Singh, Keshri and an unidentified person under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on Friday, Shukla said.

(With PTI inputs)