An anticipatory bail application was filed on behalf of absconding Ranchi Mayor Rama Khalkho on Wednesday at a Special Vigilance Court. Khalkho is embroiled in the April 7 case where Rs 21.9 lakh was seized from a hotel room a day before the municipal elections.
“The anticipatory bail plea filed on behalf of Khalkho will he heard tomorrow (Thursday) in the court of Special Vigilance Judge ARK Sinha,” said the Mayor’s counsel, Afsar Hussain. The case will be heard on Thursday at 10 am, he added.
Despite extensive search by the police to nab her since it has obtained warrant of arrest, Khalkho has been missing since April 8, after the municipal elections.
Meanwhile, bail petitions filed on behalf of Niranjan Sharma and Sudheer Kumar Sahu were withdrawn on Wednesday. Fresh applications will be filed in view of the Prevention of Corruption Act being attached to the original FIR lodged at lalpur Police Station case number 92/2013, after a request by the police in the court of Judicial Magistrate Chandan Kumar.