Summary Raja Bhaiya became a minister two years ago in Uttar Pradesh state.
LUCKNOW (AP) - An Indian state minister has resigned after police charged him with criminal conspiracy in the murder of a senior police officer in northern India.
Raja Bhaiya became a minister two years ago in Uttar Pradesh state despite being accused of kidnapping, murder and extortion in several criminal cases in the past. He held the portfolios of prisons, and food and civil supplies.
Police officer Arun Kumar said on Monday that Praveen Azad, wife of police officer Ziaul Haq, alleged in a police complaint that her husband was fatally shot on Saturday by Raja Bhaiya s supporters. He denies the charge.
Haq was attacked as he tried to separate two rival groups firing at each other in Balipur, a village 150 kilometers (95 miles) southeast of Lucknow, the state capital.
