Purnea MP arrested in 31-year-old case, sent to two-day judicial custody

Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, Member of Parliament from Purnea successful Bihar, was arrested precocious connected Friday nighttime from his residence aft a warrant was issued against him successful a 31-year-old case. He had arrived successful Patna precocious Friday evening aft attending Parliament. The apprehension triggered a governmental warfare of words, with elder Congress leaders successful New Delhi criticising the constabulary enactment and ruling NDA leaders successful Bihar asking for the instrumentality to instrumentality its ain course. The MP has precocious been protesting successful enactment of the household of a aesculapian aspirant from Jehanabad district, whose alleged rape and decease astatine a hostel successful Patna sparked Statewide protests. The Bihar authorities has since handed implicit the lawsuit to the CBI.

Mr. Yadav was sent to two-day judicial custody by a tribunal successful Patna connected Saturday. His lawyer Ajit Kumar said the bail plea volition beryllium heard connected Monday and till then, helium volition beryllium kept astatine the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), wherever Mr. Yadav had checked successful earlier successful the time for treatment.

A six-time MP who won the past Lok Sabha canvass successful 2024 arsenic an Independent, Mr. Yadav was arrested for repeated non-appearance successful a 1995 lawsuit registered astatine Gardanibagh constabulary station. An MP-MLA tribunal had issued a warrant against him nether Section 467 (forgery) of the Indian Penal Code and cancelled his bail successful July past year.

Mr. Yadav was initially taken to the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences successful Patna for a wellness check-up aft his arrest, but aboriginal shifted to PMCH. A elder constabulary serviceman who did not privation to beryllium named said helium would beryllium produced earlier a competent tribunal aft the aesculapian reports are received.

PMCH Superintendent Rajiv Kumar Singh told mediapersons that respective tests are being conducted connected Mr. Yadav. “Only aft the results travel tin I remark connected his wellness condition. At present, it is not critical,” helium said.

Both Leader of the Opposition successful Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticised the late-night arrest. “From Hathras and Unnao to Ankita Bhandari and Patna – wherever atrocities against women occur, BJP governments basal with the accused alternatively of delivering justness to victims. The apprehension of Pappu Yadav is yet different nexus successful this concatenation of insensitivity. The docket of the BJP and their allies is wide – they basal with injustice and oppression,” Ms. Vadra said.

However, NDA leaders successful Bihar said that the constabulary enactment should not beryllium politicised. “There should beryllium regularisation of law. It is the government’s resoluteness that nary 1 should beryllium treated unfairly,” said Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and BJP person Vijay Kumar Sinha. Another Minister, Shrawan Kumar said, nary 1 is supra the instrumentality and the constabulary are doing their work.