Ex-SP MLA surrenders in court to serve life term in murder

Former Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Vijay Singh today surrendered before an additional sessions judge's court here to serve the life sentence handed out to him in connection with the 1997 murder case of former Uttar Pradesh minister Brahma Dutt Dwivedi of the BJP.
The court had convicted and sentenced him to life imprisonment on July 17, 2003.
The Allahabad High Court had, on May 26, dismissed the appeals filed against the lower court's order and upheld Singh's life sentence. It had also directed Singh to surrender before the court on June 5.
The high court had also upheld the life sentence of co- accused Sanjiv Maheshwari alias Jeeva who is already in jail in connection with another case.