A court in Siwan convicted BJP leader Jitendra Swamy on Thursday in a case of abduction and murder of a man 16 years ago. Swamy was acquitted by a lower court in 2012, but the victim's kin had challenged the order in the Patna High Court which ordered retrial. He had later joined BJP and had unsuccessfully contested from Daraunda Assembly seat in 2015. Following this, the victim's kin had lodged an FIR against Swamy charging him with the murder. The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on August 13.

Source: dna August 11, 2016 18:33 UTC