PRAYAGRAJ, March 11 -- The Allahabad high court on Monday granted bail to former Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Irfan Solanki and his brother Rizwan Solanki in an extortion case pending in Kanpur Nagar.

The bail application was filed on behalf of the applicants in the criminal case registered in 2022 under section 386 (extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Jajmau police station of Kanpur Nagar.

An FIR was lodged against the applicants on February 6, 2022 alleging that the accused wanted to take possession of the land of some poor persons and an objection was made by the informant. Thereafter, they threatened the informant and demanded Rs.10 lakh from informant Akeel Ahmad.

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