PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 21 -- The Kokhraj police in Kaushambi have registered a case against seven people -- including BJP ex-MLA Sanjay Gupta, former SP Bharwari chairman Kailash Chandra Kesarwani and his wife Sunita Kesarwani -- for allegedly taking unlawful possession of a woman's house. The action followed a complaint raised by the victim before chief minister Yogi Adityanath at the Janata Darbar.

However, the former MLA claimed he had no role in the matter and that his name had been dragged into the case as part of a conspiracy. He said would file a defamation case in this matter.

According to reports, Rajdulari Kesarwani, wife of late Umashankar Kesarwani of Bharwari, alleged that her husband had been allotted land by the nagar panchayat ...