BJP MLA, 2 former MPs convicted

A fast-track court on Tuesday convicted 15 people, including an MLA and two former Lok Sabha members in a case related to an attack on Sitamarhi collectorate and subsequent police firing in which five persons were killed in 1998. 

Those convicted include BJP MLA Ram Naresh Yadav, former JD(U) MP from Sitamarhi Nawal Kishore Rai, former <g data-gr-id="14">Sheohar</g> MP and RJD leader Anwarul Haq, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) district president Ram <g data-gr-id="15">Lashan</g> Singh Kushwaha and general secretary Mohan Kumar Singh.

All of them have been sent to <g data-gr-id="9">district</g> jail.