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Patna,(BiharTimes): The Muzaffarpur police late on Tuesday night
caught red-handed the brother of BJP’s candidate for Gaighat assembly
constituency, Veena Devi, while he was busy distributing money to the
voters of Ghausnagar village. An amount of Rs 2.32 lakh was also
seized from his possession.
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According to the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sunil Kumar the
candidate’s brother Anil Kumar Singh was caught while disbursing
money. Lal Babu Sharma of Minapur village, who accompanied Singh was
also arrested.
Veena Devi is wife of JD (U) MLC, Dinesh Singh. She switched over from
the Janata Dal (United) to the BJP only recently only to get the party
ticket.
Police also arrested Umesh Sahni and Ram Babu Mandal, both BJP
supporters, for accepting the cash.
The district police seized the cash and interrogated the voters who
were offered money to cast their votes in favour Veena Devi.
Police have seized a motorbike from Sharma’s possession in which the
bag stuffed with cash was kept.
Police said that the voters were asleep when Singh arrived in the
village. Soon after the news of distribution of money spread, the
villagers came out of their houses and gathered in large numbers to
collect it.
Election observer R S Kharb of Gaighat constituency visited Gaighat
police station and also spoke to the district election officer-cum-
district magistrate Anand Kishore and SSP Sunil Kumar regarding the
incident.
An FIR against Singh and Sharma have been lodged.
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