Meanwhile,the income tax department had seized bank accounts of Uday Pratap Singh which included unaccounted fixed deposit of Rs 3 crore in the Urban Cooperative Bank. This land covers plot no 472, 488 and 492. The agricultural land was later converted into a fish pond by Raghuraj and his father, out of which they earned illegal money.

In his written complaint against these people Kunda tahsildar Shyama Charan had said that Raghuraj and his father called the then SDM, Kunda tahsildar and village pradhan Bholanath at their Benti Kothi, threatened them with dire consequences and forced them to issue lease for 170 bighas of government land in 36 bogus names. Another criminal case of grabbing 170 bighas of government land and misusing public property has been lodged against Raja Bhaiyya, Uday Pratap, former Kunda SDM Jalil Ahmad Siddiqui and former Kunda tahsildar Ashok Kumar Srivastava at Hathiganwa police station under sections 386, 420, 466, 467, 468 of the IPC, sections 12, 13, 14 of the Anti-Corruption Act and section 3 of the Public Property Act. A FIR was lodged at Jethwara police station against Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya and his father for extorting money from the business community and traders of Derwa Bazar. Uday Pratap Singh refused to say anything about his arrest. According to the SP, 44 criminal cases are already pending against him.

The Gangster''s Act had already been slapped on him. He has been detained under section 3/4 of Pota. One AK-56 rifle, three magazines with 36 cartridges, two wireless sets and 800 gm explosives were recovered from his possession.

The raid was conducted by additional SP Dinkar Sinha and Ram Shiromani Pande, CO, Kunda. Police have claimed to have seized a number of arms from his possession. Uday Pratap Singh, wanted in several criminal cases, was absconding for quite some time and the police were conducting raids at several places to nab him. They were in constant touch with each other on this issue,the SP said. According to suprintendent of police A S Ganesh, the three were plotting to eliminate top BSP leaders on the Republic Day. The police have slapped Pota on father-son duo and also on Akhshay Pratap Singh alias Gopal, an MLC. PRATAPGARH: The Kunda police finally succeeded in arresting Raja Uday Pratap Singh, father of the Kunda MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh, from his Bhadari residence on Saturday.

Raja bhaiya 2003