Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel Explained

Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel
Office:MLA for Hamirpur
Birth Date:4 July 1955
Birth Place:Tikrauli, Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh
Education:B. A., L. L. B.
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse:Rajkumari Chandel
Children:3
Constituency:Hamirpur
Termstart:11 March 2017
Termend:19 April 2019

Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel (born 4 July 1954) is an Indian politician and a former member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Hamirpur assembly constituency four times.[1] He was also elected to Thirteenth Lok Sabha from Hamirpur parliamentary constituency as BSP candidate.

He was proven guilty in a case involving death of five citizens in 1997. The High court issued an order on April 19, 2019 where the politician was convicted of cold blooded homicide and was given life imprisonment along with eleven other conspirers.

On 19 April 2019, Allahabad High court sentenced him to life imprisonment for murdering five people in which one was eight years old child.

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Notes and References

  1. News: BJP MLAs camp in Delhi as Uttar Pradesh CM name remains elusive. Hafeez. Sarah. 16 March 2017. The Indian Express. 10 August 2017.