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Yogendra Sao
Yogendra Sao is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party. He is a former agriculture minister in the Government of Jharkhand, where under his leadership Jharkhand state got first rank for pulse seed production across India.[1] He was the representative from Barkagaon constituency in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly during 2009-2014.
He is alleged to have been involved in the killing of 13 villagers in 2001 and of playing football with the heads of the dead.[2][3] He was arrested on 5 October 2014.[4]
In April 2019 he surrendered at a court in Ranchi, where he was remanded in custody with his conditional bail cancelled,[5] on multiple charges related to rioting and inciting of violence.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "राज्य को तीसरी बार मिलेगा कृषि कर्मण पुरस्कार". Prabhat Khabar (in हिन्दी).
- ↑ "नरसंहार में शामिल थे नक्सली संगठन चलाने वाले मंत्री, एसपी ने बचा लिया था". Dainik Bhaskar (in हिन्दी). 9 September 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ↑ "Jharkhand minister Yogendra Sao played football with heads of massacred villagers". Sahara Samay. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ↑ "Former Jharkhand minister Yogendra Sao arrested in Delhi". The Economic Times. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ↑ "Ex-minister Yogendra Sao surrenders at Ranchi court, sent to jail". Times of India. 16 April 2019.
- ↑ "Ex-Minister asked to surrender before Ranchi court by Apr. 15". The Hindu. 12 April 2019.