Chief judicial magistrate court has sent four accused of a kidnapping case, including former Minister of Uttar Pradesh Mool Chandra and chairman Bijnor Cooperative Bank, to 14-day judicial custody when the accused surrendered in the court on Monday .The court had earlier issued non- bailable warrant against the accused in connection with the abduction case.
Notably, the kidnapping case had been registered in the laxmanjhula police station on the report lodged by one Rohit Kumar, resident of Bijnor, on January 18 2013 against ten persons.
As was reported, during the time of the Bijnor Zila Panchayat election 2013, many zila panchayat members, unwilling to cast votes, had gone to laxmanjhula and stayed in a resort there. Around 150 persons led by the former UP Minister Mool Chandra had allegedly reached the resort in Pauri district and kidnapped zila panchayat members who had been staying there to avoid the election going on in Bijnor.
The prosecution had said that the accused refusing to appear in the court, the latter had issued non- bailable warrants against the accused. The other accused are Bijnor Samajwadi party president Rashid and zila panchayat member Kapil.