Bihar MP Pappu Yadav arrested in 1995 land dispute case, hospitalised

The police in Patna on Friday arrested independent MP Rajesh Ranjan, popularly known as Pappu Yadav, in connection with a 31-year-old case pertaining to a land dispute, The Indian Express reported.

Yadav was arrested late on Friday after a tense exchange between the police and his supporters at his Mandiri residence in Patna. Following his arrest, the MP from Purnea was shifted to the Patna Medical College and Hospital on Saturday after his health deteriorated, ANI reported.

Later on Saturday, Yadav was sent to two days in judicial custody by a Patna court, PTI reported. The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court said that the MP’s petition for bail will be heard on Monday, adding that he will remain in hospital for treatment till then.

The police arrested Yadav based on a warrant issued by a special MP-MLA court after he failed to appear in trial proceedings despite repeated summons, The Indian Express quoted unidentified police officers as saying.

The case from 1995 had been filed under the erstwhile Indian Penal Code at the Gardanibagh police station and pertained to allegations of cheating and misuse of a rented property.

Patna City Superintendent of Police (Central) Bhanu Pratap Singh told the newspaper that a “trial was underway on court orders, and the MP was required to be present but did not appear on the scheduled...

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