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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Brahm Dutt Dwivedi
|image = Brahmadutt Dwivedi.jpg
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| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Farrukhabad (Assembly constituency)|Farrukhabad]]
| successor1 =
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| death_date = 10 February 1997
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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| occupation = [[Politician]]
| children = [[Sunil Dutt Dwivedi]] <br /> [[Garima Agnihotri]] <br /> [[Priyank Dutt Dwivedi]]
}}

'''Brahm Dutt Dwivedi''' (-1997) was an Indian cabinet minister in Government of [[Uttar Pradesh]], and a senior leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Dwivedi was shot dead in Farrukhabad district in February 1997. His widow Prabha later contested the election to the assembly. He protected [[Mayawati]] against physical assault during the 2 June 1995 guest house scandal.

== Death==
Dwivedi, who was then sitting BJP MLA from Farrukhabad, was shot in his car after attending a tilak ceremony on February 10, 1997, in City Kotwali area. His bodyguard BK Tiwari was killed in the attack, while his driver Rinku suffered injuries.<ref name="2003 Judgement">{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/1997-murder-case-of-bjp-mla-hc-upholds-lifer-to-ex-sp-mla-gangster-4675840/|title=1997 murder case of BJP MLA: HC upholds lifer to ex-SP MLA, gangster|date=May 2017|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=20 April 2019}}</ref> Dwivedi was rushed to the local hospital, but was declared dead on arrival.<ref name="rediff">{{cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/feb/10up.htm |title=Senior BJP leader Brahm Dutt Dwivedi assassinated in UP |accessdate=2019-04-20|df= }}</ref> Former prime minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], former BJP president [[Lal Krishna Advani]], former Home Minister [[Murli Manohar Joshi]] , Defence Minister [[Rajnath Singh]], former UP chief minister [[Kalyan Singh]] and state BJP president [[Kalraj Mishra]] attended Dwivedi's funeral.<ref name="rediff" />

==Investigation and Conviction==
The assassination case was investigated by the CBI. On July 17, 2003, the CBI court in Lucknow had sentenced gangster Sanjeev Maheshwari and former Samajwadi Party MLA Vijay Singh to life imprisonment in the case.<ref name="outlook">{{cite web|url = https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/hc-uphelds-life-sentence-to-vijay-singh-jeeva-in-brahmadutt-dwivedi-murder-case/1060954|title=HC uphelds life sentence to Vijay Singh, Jeeva in Brahmadutt Dwivedi murder case |accessdate=2019-04-20}}</ref> Both convicts had challenged the judgment and filed an appeal in the high court. In 2017, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court upheld the trial court judgment of life imprisonment.In 2018, the case moved to Supreme Court.<ref name="2003 Judgement" />

==References==
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[[Category:Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
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[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People murdered in Uttar Pradesh]]
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[[Category:1997 deaths]]
[[Category:1990s murders in India]]
[[Category:1997 crimes in India]]
[[Category:1997 murders in Asia]]
[[Category:People from Farrukhabad]]
[[Category:Deaths by firearm in India]]
[[Category:Assassinated Indian politicians]]

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