MLA Vijay Mishra tests negative, sent to Chitrakoot district jail

PRAYAGRAJ: Bhadohi’s muscleman politician and Gyanpur MLA Vijay Mishra, who was shifted to high-security Naini Central Jail on Sunday night amid tight security arrangements, tested negative for novel coronavirus infection on Monday. Mishra underwent the Rapid Antigen Test.
However, Mishra was shifted to Chitrakoot District Jail on Monday night. Senior superintendent of Naini Central Jail P N Pandey said, “Mishra has been shifted to Chitrakoot district jail on administrative grounds from Naini Central jail.”
Earlier, taking precautions, Naini jail authorities had decided to keep Mishra at the temporary jail for 14 days before shifting him in the barracks of the main jail. Mishra was to remain in quarantine at the temporary jail.
Senior superintendent of Naini Central jail Pandey told TOI, “The swab sample of Gyanpur MLA Vijay Mishra was tested through Rapid Antigen Test kit and he tested negative.”
The MLA would be quarantined at temporary jail for 14 days after which he would be shifted to barracks of main jail, he added.
Since Mishra had fled to Madhya Pradesh in order to evade arrest, it was suspected that he may have got exposed to the virus during travel.
The MLA was arrested in a case of criminal intimidation and wrongful confinement lodged by his relative against him, his wife Ramlali Mishra, a member of the state legislative council, and son Vishnu Mishra.
A local court in Bhadohi had sent the NISHAD Party MLA Vijay Mishra to 14-day judicial custody.
On the request of administration, the court had allowed Mishra to be sent to high-security Naini Central jail in Prayagraj.