Purnia (Bihar): A Bihar court on Thursday granted bail to independent MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav in an extortion case registered against him earlier this week.
In the case registered on June 10 at Mufassil police station, Yadav got bail from the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate of Purnia.
Coming out of the court, Yadav denied a local businessman's allegation that the MP had demanded Rs 1 crore soon after he was declared elected from Purnia Lok Sabha seat.
Yadav said, "I have never faced so much mental torture. This is all part of a conspiracy against me. I will go to the Supreme Court and file a defamation case against the businessman and the police officers who are in collusion with him." "'' Who had won a sensational victory in the elections and snatched this seat from two-time sitting JDU MP Santosh Kushwaha.
Married to Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ranjit Ranjan, she had merged her Jan Adhikar Party before the Lok Sabha elections, but fielded her as an independent candidate after the party's reluctance to engage in a "friendly fight" with ally RJD. Dropped in. ,
RJD candidate Bima Bharti, a JDU turncoat who had given up membership of the state assembly to contest parliamentary elections, finished third and her deposit was forfeited.
In 2008, Yadav was convicted for the murder of CPI(M) MLA Ajit Sarkar, who was shot dead in Purnia a decade earlier.
However, in 2013 he was acquitted by the Patna High Court.
In the case registered on June 10 at Mufassil police station, Yadav got bail from the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate of Purnia.
Coming out of the court, Yadav denied a local businessman's allegation that the MP had demanded Rs 1 crore soon after he was declared elected from Purnia Lok Sabha seat.
Yadav said, "I have never faced so much mental torture. This is all part of a conspiracy against me. I will go to the Supreme Court and file a defamation case against the businessman and the police officers who are in collusion with him." "'' Who had won a sensational victory in the elections and snatched this seat from two-time sitting JDU MP Santosh Kushwaha.
Married to Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ranjit Ranjan, she had merged her Jan Adhikar Party before the Lok Sabha elections, but fielded her as an independent candidate after the party's reluctance to engage in a "friendly fight" with ally RJD. Dropped in. ,
RJD candidate Bima Bharti, a JDU turncoat who had given up membership of the state assembly to contest parliamentary elections, finished third and her deposit was forfeited.
In 2008, Yadav was convicted for the murder of CPI(M) MLA Ajit Sarkar, who was shot dead in Purnia a decade earlier.
However, in 2013 he was acquitted by the Patna High Court.
