Sarthak Kanjilal
Port Blair, Jan 19: Mr. Deepak Kumar Jha, the General Secretary of A & N State BJP unit has been granted bail by Session Court of A & N Islands today, just one day after he was sent to Judicial Custody by the Chief Judiciary Magistrate court at Port Blair.
Mr. Jha was arrested on Thursday last by Andaman’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for allegedly taking an amount of Rs. 7.5 lakh from a family to arrange admission to a child of the family in a mainland based Medical College.
According to details available here on Friday last Mr. Jha was produced to court by CID unit and from court the CID unit had taken Mr. Jha in police remand for three days.
After completion of police remand, Jha was produced to CJM court yesterday and from court he was sent to 14 days Judicial remand. Soon after yesterday’s court judgment, bail applications for Mr. Jha were submitted in Session Court, which granted bail to Mr. Jha this morning.
