Arun Kumar Yadav (born 1965) is an Indian politician and a member of

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952. The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated m ...

. He represented the

Sandesh Sandesh may refer to: *Sandesh (confectionery), a Bengali sweet prepared in Bangladesh and India *Sandesh (magazine), ''Sandesh'' (magazine), a children's magazine in West Bengal *Sandesh (Indian newspaper), ''Sandesh'' (Indian newspaper), a Gujara ...

constituency in Bhojpur district of

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

. Arun Yadav was elected in 2015 as a member of

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

(RJD)

Career

In 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Arun Yadav and his elder brother Vijendra Yadav both contested against each other from

constituency. But both of them lost to

Sanjay Singh Tiger Sanjay Singh Tiger (born 1974) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Bhojpur district, Bihar. He has served as MLA in Bihar Legislative Assembly representing the Sandesh constituency from 2010 to 2015. Currently, he ...

of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

(BJP) In

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Legislative Assembly election was held over five-phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015. In April 2015, the Janata Parivar group (a group ...

, Arun Yadav won the Sandesh seat by defeating

Family

Arun Yadav is married to

Kiran Devi Yadav Kiran Devi Yadav (born 1974) is an Indian politician and a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. She is representing the Sandesh constituency in Bhojpur district of Bihar and was elected in 2020 as a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Fam ...

. His elder brother Vijendra Kumar Yadav has served 2 times as MLA of

constituency from 2000 to Feb 2005 and Oct 2005 to 2010. In

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 20 ...

, Arun Yadav's wife Kiran Yadav (

RJD The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

) defeated Vijendra Yadav (

JD(U) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pr ...

) from Sandesh.

2015 Criminal charges

In his election affidavit of 2015, Arun Kumar Yadav has mentioned that he has 13 criminal cases upon him including murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and extortion cases.

2019 Rape case

Arun Kumar Yadav is accused of

raping Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or a ...

a minor girl at

Arrah Arrah (also transliterated as Ara) is a city and a municipal corporation in Bhojpur district, India, Bhojpur district (formerly known as Shahabad district) in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the headquarters of Bhojpur district, located near ...

on 18 July 2019. When Yadav did not appear in the court after repeated summons, a warrant and order for seizure of his property were issued and he was declared an absconder by court on February 27, 2020. Arun Yadav surrendered in the Special

POCSO Child sexual abuse laws in India have been enacted as part of the child protection policies of India. The Parliament of India passed the ''Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Bill (POCSO), 2011 regarding child sexual abuse on 22 M ...

court of

on 16 July 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yadav, Arun Kumar Living people 1965 births