Newly elected MP from Bihar. Rajesh Ranjan, popularly referred to as Pappu Yadav, was booked on Monday for allegedly attempting to extort cash from a businessman. The incident came about on June 4, when the votes for the Lok Sabha election have been being counted.
In accordance with the police, Yadav summoned the businessman, who runs a furnishing enterprise in Bihar’s Purnea district, and requested him to “cough up ₹1 crore”, reported information company PTI. Following this, the businessman filed a criticism and registered a case in opposition to the MP and his shut aide Amit Yadav on the Muffasil police station.
Within the criticism, the businessman alleged that Pappu Yadav had earlier made comparable calls for in 2021 and 2023. The MP additionally threatened to “kill” the businessman if the demand was not met and warned him that he must “deal” with Yadav for the following 5 years, the police mentioned.
Additional investigation is underway.
Yadav, who has typically been accused of strongarm techniques in his political profession spanning over thirty years, was elected from the Purnea seat, which he wrested from two-term JD (U) MP Santosh Kushwaha by a margin of 23,847 votes. The independent candidate polled over 5.67 lakh votes, whereas the JD (U) nominee polled 5.43 lakh votes. In the meantime, RJD candidate Bima Bharti, a JD(U) turncoat who had crossed over giving up her membership of the state meeting, completed third and ended up dropping her deposit. She managed to bag solely 27,120 votes.
Previous to changing into an MP, Yadav was the president of Jan Adhikar Party – which he formally merged with the Congress earlier than the final election. Nevertheless, he determined to contest the polls as an unbiased candidate following the grand previous get together’s reluctance to enter right into a “pleasant combat” with ally RJD.
The Bihar MP is married to Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ranjit Ranjan.
With inputs from PTI