Court rejects bail plea of former Cong corporator, son

Akola, Maharashtra, Mar 8 (UNI) The Sessions Court here has rejected for the second time, the bail plea of former Congress corporator Aliyar Khan, popularly known as 'Allu Pahelwan', and his son Azad Khan, accused of creating chaos during polling for the recent Akola Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections.

The father and son are languishing in jail since their arrest on Feb 1. However, other twelve persons, who had been arrested for riot, have been released on bail in the first week of February, police said.

The duo has been booked under section 307 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for attempting to murder and threatening the cops for dire consequences.

Defence counsel Mr Munna Khan said he would prefer an appeal against the order in the High Court Bench at Nagpur in near future.

UNI