UPCC chief’s bail plea rejected

LUCKNOW: In a setback to UP Congress, MPMLA special court on Monday rejected the bail plea of its chief Ajai Kumar Lallu who has been in jail since May 21 in connection with bus controversy.

Passing the order, special judge PK Rai said, “The offences are of serious in nature and adequate material has been collected against the applicant in the investigation. From the material prima facie his complicity is apparent and as such at this state when probe is still going on, there is no reason to enlarge him on bail.” Lallu’s lawyer had argued that there was no direct evidence against his client and he was being harassed due to political vendetta.

Opposing the bail plea, district government counsel (criminal) Manoj Tripathi said there was direct involvement of Lallu as he himself wrote a letter to the

home secretary

after national general secretary of

Congress Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

offered 1,000 buses to the Yogi Government. “Lallu had sent a forged list of buses in a planned way in order to endanger lives of thousands of migrant workers. Thus he not only created disturbance in the functioning of government officials but also tried to malign the government's image,” agrued Tripathi.