Suspended SP MLA Abid Raza, personal assistant face FIR charge

Badaun: An FIR has been filed against suspended Samajwadi Party MLA Abid Raza and his personal assistant at Sadar Kotwali police station here on charges of kidnapping and extortion.

The complainant, Nihaluddin, a resident of Kutubpur Thara village, has accused the MLA and his assistant Azhar Siddiqui of allegedly kidnapping his son, Pappu, and extorting Rs 25 lakhs from him, SSP Sunil Saxena said.

Earlier, Nihaluddin had sought the MLA’s help for getting his son’s name dropped from a “fake case” in 2014 for which he was asked to pay up Rs 25 lakhs towards “party funds”. The amount was paid on November 28, the SSP said.