India, July 12 -- The Jalandhar additional district and sessions court on Friday rejected the bail application of AAP legislator from Jalandhar Central Raman Arora, who was arrested in an alleged corruption and extortion racket being run under his patronage.

The court also disposed of the anticipatory bail application filed by Arora's close relative Raju Madaan and regular bail sought by Harpreet Kaur, a building inspector at the Jalandhar municipal corporation.

Arora's lawyer Darshan Singh Dayal said all the three applications were rejected by the court and they will now move Punjab and Haryana high court for regular bail to Arora and others.

Arora is presently in judicial custody in Nabha jail. The MLA was arrested on May 23 followin...