A special court here has allowed the Uttar Pradesh government to drop charges against 81 people in a 2015 rioting case, except State Congress Chief Ajay Rai.The MP-MLA Court's order came after the BJP government decided to withdraw the charges .
Special Judge Avanish Gautam awarded life sentence to Ansari today for the murder of Awadhesh Rai, the brother of ex-MLA Ajay Rai who was shot dead in August 1991.