Raj
Babbar,
the
famous
actor-politician
has
been
sentenced
to
2
years
in
jail,
by
a
special
court
in
Lucknow.
As
per
the
reports,
Raj
Babbar
is
sentenced
in
a
26-year-old
case
of
poll
code
violations.
The
Congress
leader
was
found
guilty
of
assaulting
a
government
officer
during
the
Lok
Sabha
Elections
of
1996,
by
the
court.
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Actor
Raj
Babbar
को
lucknow
Court
ने
26
साल
पुराने
मारपीट
मामले
में
सुनाई
2
साल
की
जेल
की
सजा
Reportedly,
Raj
Babbar,
who
was
in
Samajwadi
Party
then,
had
obstructed
the
government
duties
and
assaulted
polling
officer
Krishna
Singh
Rana,
during
the
Lok
Sabha
elections
of
1996.
The
officer
filed
a
complaint
at
Warizganj
Police
Station,
in
which
he
had
claimed
that
Raj
Babbar,
Aravind
Yadav,
and
others
forced
their
way
into
the
polling
booth
192,
at
Sultan-e-Madaris
school.
The
actor-politician,
who
was
contesting
against
the
former
Prime
Minister
late
Atal
Bihari
Vajpayee,
also
assaulted
Krishna
Singh
Rana
and
obstructed
him
from
carrying
on
with
his
official
duty.
In
his
complaint,
the
polling
officer
has
also
claimed
that
Raj
Babbar
and
others
cornered
him
and
poll
worker
Shiv
Kumar
Singh,
falsely
accusing
them
of
manipulating
the
election.