Jailed BJP leader Yaswant Sinta gets bail

Wed, 18 June 2014

10:31

Senior BJP leader Yaswant Sinha granted bail after spending two weeks in jail.

He was held in connection with a case of alleged assault on a government official during a BJP-sponsored demonstration in Ranchi on June 2.

Sinha had refused to pay bail, claiming he will not come out of jail till the electricity situation improves in Jharkhand.

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