LUCKNOW, April 1 -- A special MP/MLA court on Tuesday acquitted Goshainganj MLA Abhay Singh and three co-accused in a 2007 double murder case, bringing an end to a 19-year-long trial.

Additional district and sessions Judge Harbans Narain, presiding over the MP/MLA court, delivered the judgment, clearing Ravindra Singh alias Rajju, Ajay Pratap Singh alias Ajay Sipahi, and Firoz Ahmad of all charges.

The incident took place on March 31, 2007, under Bazarkhala police station limits, when Shatrughan Singh and his employee Jitendra were shot dead around 9 pm.

According to police records, Shatrughan was sitting at his father's shop when two youths allegedly opened fire. The assailants fled on a motorcycle, with a third person waiting nearby....