Raj: BAP MLA, kin sent to jail in bribery case
Jaipur, May 8 -- The Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) MLA, Jaikrishn Patel, who was caught red-handed by the Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for accepting Rs.20 lakh bribe from a mine owner, was sent to jail on Wednesday along with his cousin Vijay Patel.
"We have asked for a four-day police custody for the MLA, his cousin, and other two accused who have been arrested in the case. However, the court sent Patel and his cousin to jail while granting a two-day police custody for the rest two accused - MLA's uncle Jaswant aka Laxman Meena and a private person Jagaram Meena," ACB's counsel Shalini Gautam said. The MLA and Vijay Patel were held on Sunday after being caught taking bribe from mine owner Ravindra Singh Meena (son of BJP MLA Ramniwas Meena).
The FIR, which was uploaded by the agency on its website on Wednesday, revealed that "the MLA submitted two questions regarding illegal mining in some villages in Todabhim during the 16th session of the assembly last year....
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