Yogendra Sao

Yogendra Sao is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party. He is a former agriculture minister in the Government of Jharkhand, where under his leadership Jharkhand state got first rank for pulse seed production across India.[1] He was the representative from Barkagaon constituency in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly during 2009-2014.

He is alleged to have been involved in the killing of 13 villagers in 2001 and of playing football with the heads of the dead.[2][3] He was arrested on 5 October 2014.[4]

In April 2019 he surrendered at a court in Ranchi, where he was remanded in custody with his conditional bail cancelled,[5] on multiple charges related to rioting and inciting of violence.[6]

References
  1. "राज्य को तीसरी बार मिलेगा कृषि कर्मण पुरस्कार". Prabhat Khabar (in Hindi).
  2. "नरसंहार में शामिल थे नक्सली संगठन चलाने वाले मंत्री, एसपी ने बचा लिया था". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 9 September 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. "Jharkhand minister Yogendra Sao played football with heads of massacred villagers". Sahara Samay. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. "Former Jharkhand minister Yogendra Sao arrested in Delhi". The Economic Times. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. "Ex-minister Yogendra Sao surrenders at Ranchi court, sent to jail". Times of India. 16 April 2019.
  6. "Ex-Minister asked to surrender before Ranchi court by Apr. 15". The Hindu. 12 April 2019.
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