The CJM court Dhanbad on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of the Deputy Mayor of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation and sent him to
14-days’ judicial custody on Wednesday.
The Dhanbad deputy mayor Eklavya Singh was absconding for past 10 days in a case for allegedly demanding ransom from Arun Singh an Executive Engineer (municipal) and threatened him to kill.
The deputy mayor along with his representative Raj Anand Singh today surrendered before the CJM court where their bail plea was rejected. Duos were declared absconder by the court and warrants were issued against them, said an Advocate.
“Police were continuously conducting raids at different location in Dhanbad, Bihar and UP to arrest them and finally they were surrender before the court today”, added the advocate.
An FIR was filed by the executive engineer at Bank More police station on 4 July alleging that the deputy mayor had demanded ransom from him and also threatened to kill the accused.
later the case was transferred to the court where police took statements before a magistrate under 164 and case was registered. Singh was elected deputy mayor last year.