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FAIZABAD: A Basti court on Thursday ordered to take BJP MP Harish Dwivedi under custody for neglecting court summons. He was released with a warning after spending more than three hours under custody in the courtroom itself.

Dwivedi was continuously neglecting court's summons issued to him regarding an FIR registered against him on January 20, 2013 with Walterganj police of Basti district.

According to government advocate Ramesh Kumar , on January 20, 2013, the then SHO of Walterganj police station Akhilesh Singh had stopped the MP's SUV during checking. The MP had allegedly misbehaved and threatened the cops over the incident.

Dwivedi was booked along with his associates Abhinav Upadhyay and Rakesh Srivastava under relevant sections on various counts.

Dwivedi was elected as an MP in 2014. He, however, never produced himself before the court in spite of repeated summons. Finally, the court issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against him, the government advocate said.

