The farmhouse, spread across four bighas, has 50 CCTV cameras.
KANPUR: BJP Pichhda Morcha state minister Ramesh Yadav was robbed of Rs 50 lakh after masked men tied his hands and legs at his farmhouse in Kanpur around midnight on Monday.
The incident occurred at Nyori in the Sen Paschimpara police station area, 20 kilometres from the city. Police were informed at 1.20 am. Yadav, who became BJP Pichhda Morcha state minister on Oct 1, had returned to Kanpur at 12.30 am after assuming charge in Lucknow on Monday. He was alone at the farmhouse, 500 metres from his house, although four guards were deployed there. The farmhouse, spread across four bighas, has 50 CCTV cameras. Its boundary wall is 10 feet high and topped with two-foot barbed wire. His wife, Shashi, has also held the post and contested the 2022 Assembly election from Bithoor on a BSP ticket.
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