Bahujan Samaj Party MP Kadir Rana was admitted to hospital after he complained of pain in the chest on Tuesday night and he was granted bail by a court in Muzaffarnagar on Wednesday afternoon.
Rana was wanted by the police for giving inflammatory speeches before the communal riots broke out in Muzaffarnagar in September this year and had surrendered on Tuesday morning.
According to reports, Muzaffarnagar’s Chief Judicial Magistrate KP Singh, while disposing of the bail application moved by Rana’s lawyer, allowed his release on deposit of two sureties of Rs 20,000 each on Wednesday afternoon.
Rana, who was admitted to hospital after he fainted in the jail in Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday night, was reportedly referred to Ram Manohar lohia Hospital in Delhi.
Rana fell unconscious due to high blood pressure, following which he was first admitted to the government hospital in the city, jailer of the District Jail, Mizazilal, told media persons, adding that the doctors at the district hospital later referred Rana to the Meerut medical college from where he was sent to RMl Hospital..
Rana was booked for his alleged hate speech in Khalapar area of Muzaffarnagar on August 30, when public gatherings were banned by the district authorities after three youths were killed over a communal dispute in Kawal area of the district on August 27.
The local MP was missing ever since the riots broke out on September 7 and a court had issued non-bailable warrants against him and 15 other politicians. After evading arrest for more than three months, Rana surrendered in the court of Muzaffarnagar CJM and was sent to 14 days’ judicial remand.