Bihar MLA helps 'husband' flee from police station

January 19, 2016 08:48

Times of India reports: Bihar MLA from the ruling JD-U allegedly helped her husband escape from police custody in Purnia district.

Bima Bharti, JD-U's Rupauli MLA, along with JD-U Purnia MP Santosh Kushwaha helped her husband Awadhesh Mandal escape from the police station within hours of his arrest on Sunday. Bharti is a former minister.

Mandal has nearly 100 criminal cases lodged against him.

Police sources said that Mandal was arrested after he reportedly threatened the widow and two children of Chanchal Paswan over deposing against him in court. Mandal is accused of murdering Chanchal in 2005.

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