Ballia, Nov 17: A district court today issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Cooperatives, Shardanand Anchal in connection with a dacoity case. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mehtab Alam issued the NBW against the minister after he failed to appear in the court despite repeated summons.

Anchal has been named in a dacoity case in Ubhaon area of the district in 1997. The court had earlier issued NBW against the former Samajwadi Party district president Adya Shankar Yadav in the same case.

Bureau Report