MLA’s wife missing, cops claim she is in hiding

Varanasi: Gyanpur MLA Vijay Mishra’s wife Ramlali Mishra, who is an MLC from Mirzapur-Sonbhadra, is reportedly missing from her residence in George Town, Prayagraj since Thursday night. The police, however, claimed she has gone into hiding to evade arrest in a case in which she is a co-accused along with her husband and son.
Vijay was detained by the Madhya Pradesh police in Malwa area on Friday.
“We are investigating the matter,” said Bhadohi SP RB Singh, who claimed she had gone into hiding.
“She is not missing, but has gone into hiding to evade arrest,” the SP told TOI on Friday.
Ramlali is co-accused along with with her husband and son in a case lodged on August 8 by her relative Krishna Mohan Tiwari for allegedly grabbing his property.
The police had lodged an FIR against Mishra, his wife and son at Gopiganj police station under sections 325 (voluntarily causing grievous), 506 (criminal intimidation), 347 (wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act), 387 (putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion) and 449 (house-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death) of IPC.
According to reports, her gunner Ishwar Chand informed the higher authorities on Thursday night that she has gone missing . The matter was brought to the notice of senior officials, including Bhadohi SP.