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Raja Bhaiya surrenders, sent to judicial custody

     Kanpur: Former minister of Uttar Pradesh Government Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya surrendered before a special court in Kanpur on Monday after the apex court quashed the state government's withdrawal of Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) charges against him. Singh, who surrendered with his father Udai Pratap Singh, has been remanded to judicial custody till November 26. "As far as I know that I have remanded to judicial custody till November 26, there will be discussion on the bail," Singh told reporters on his arrival. The apex court has transferred the trial to Madhya Pradesh and his cases would continue under relevant sections of the already scrapped anti-terror law. In 2003, Mulayam Singh Yadav-led government in the State had revoked all charges made against him by former Mayawati-led government and reinstated him as a minister. Raja Bhaiya was booked under the anti-terror law and sent to jail by the previous government of low-caste leader Mayawati after guns, ammunition and unaccounted jewellery were recovered from his residence in 2002.

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