LUCKNOW/VARANASI, July 3 -- An MP/MLA court in Jaunpur on Thursday acquitted former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Dhananjay Singh in a 15-year-old double murder case.

The Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) of the Uttar Pradesh Police had filed a chargesheet against Singh and his three associates after a three-year-long investigation.

The police had named Dhanjay Singh along with Ashutosh Singh, Puneet Singh, and Sunit Singh as accused in the Belav Ghat double murder case, which took place on April 1, 2010, under Kerakat police station limits in Jaunpur.

According to the FIR, two Dalit men, Sanjay Nishad and Nandlal Nishad, were shot dead around 5:15am allegedly following a dispute over toll tax near the Belav Ghat b...