MP Kamlesh Paswan gets one-year-jail in 2004 case

GORAKHPUR: BJP MP Kamlesh Paswan and former corporator Rajesh Kumar were convicted by additional session judge Namrata Agarwal who then sentenced both to one year jail and Rs 2,000 fine in a 17 years old case.
Both were, however, released on bail after they told the court that they will file an appeal.
On December 18, 2004, Kamlesh Paswan, who was Samajwadi Party MLA from Maniram, corporator Rajesh Kumar and SP workers had stopped train number 222 down at Nakha Jungle station during a ‘rail roko’ agitation.
They lay on the tracks and vacated them only after handing a memorandum to officials.
The guard and driver of the train had lodged an FIR with RPF Nakha Jungle post under Section 174 of Railway Act.
“It was a political rail roko movement of Samajwadi party and thousands of people were part of it, but only we two have been punished. We’ll appeal in High Court,” said Paswan.