A top ranking newspaper has brought out details of criminal cases against some personalities of different political outfits. The details are as given below:
P Karunakaran: He tops our list with 12 criminal cases against him. He has been charged with Forgery for the purpose of harming reputation under Section 469, Forgery under Section 465 Padmasinha Patil, NCP: Second on our list is Padmasinha Patil with 7 criminal cases against him. He has been charged with Cheating under Section 420, voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons under Section 324 Lalu Prasad Yadav, RJD: Convicted on Monday, September 30, Lalu Prasad Yadav the former chief minister of Bihar has been found guilty in the Fodder scam case and has been charged with Undue influence or personation at an election under IPC Section 171F, rioting under Section 147 Dharam Singh, Congress: Dharam Singh has 5 criminal cases against him. Undue influence or impersonation at an election under Section 171F, rioting under Section 147 amongst them Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress: With 5 criminal cases against him he has charges related to murder against him under Section 302 Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIM: Asaduddin Owaisi has 4 criminal cases against him. Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, defiling place of worship among them. He has been charged under IPC Section 153A, 295 and 324. Gopinath Munde, BJP: Gopinath Munde is charged with 4 criminal cases. Causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons under Section 326, wrongfully confining person under Section 365 among them HD Kumaraswamy, JD(S): HD Kumaraswamy has 3 criminal cases against him. He has been charged with deliberate acts, intended to outrage religious feelings by insulting its religion or religious beliefs under Section 295A