Gyanpur MLA Vijay Mishra produced in Mirzapur court

VARANASI: Jailed muscleman MLA Vijay Mishra was brought from Agra jail and produced in the chief judicial magistrate’s court in Mirzapur on Wednesday in a case of extortion threat to a priest of Vindhyachal temple.
The CJM allowed police to interrogate Mishra in Agra jail and ordered that he be taken back in 14-day police remand, informed Vindhyachal inspector Sheshdhar Pandey.
The court fixed the next hearing on December 1.
Pandey said one Avanish Mishra, a priest of Vindyachal temple, had lodged an FIR against the muscleman MLA from Gyanpur (Bhadohi) on August 26 alleging the latter had threatened him from jail to pay Rs 15 lakh as extortion, and was produced before court in the same case.
When police escorted Mishra of the court, he started shouting that the state government is conspiring to kill him and police officials had registered fake cases against him after taking bribe.
Mishra is in Agra jail following his arrest from Madhya Pradesh on August 14 in a case lodged by his relative Krishna Kanth Tiwari against him, his MLC wife Ramlali Mishra and son Vishnu of forcibly getting his property registered in their names. Ramlali and Vishnu are still absconding and the court has issued an order for attaching their property.
As many as 71 criminal cases are lodged against Mishra and 10 are being heard in MP/MLA court.