Patna, July 27 (IANS) Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD) chief, Tej Pratap Yadav, has been placed under medical observation after complaining of chest pain following his remand to judicial custody.
Doctors are monitoring his health condition, while his legal team has moved a bail application before the competent court.
According to his counsel, Advocate Nisha Singh, Tej Pratap Yadav has a history of diabetes and high blood pressure, making his continued stay in jail a matter of medical concern.
“Considering his health condition, it is not safe to keep him in jail. We requested that he be placed under medical observation. He already suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure. A bail application has been filed before the SDJM having jurisdiction over the Gandhi Maidan police station area,” she said.
The lawyer also questioned the legality of the police action, alleging procedural lapses in the arrest.
“This is a case of gross negligence. He was arrested without an FIR being registered. After the arrest, he was shifted from Digha police station to Danapur and then to Naubatpur,” she alleged.
Rejecting the allegations against her client, Singh argued that Tej Pratap Yadav had not instigated violence during the Bihar Bandh protests.
“How can he be accused of inciting a riot? He neither made any provocative statement nor incited anyone. He was simply passing by in his vehicle, stepped out after some youths requested him to do so, waved the national flag, and then left,” she said.
According to the police, an FIR has been registered against Tej Pratap Yadav at Gandhi Maidan Police Station in Patna under multiple sections of the law.
The charges include attempt to murder, rioting, obstructing public servants in the discharge of their duties, and other serious offences arising from incidents of violence during the Bihar Bandh.
Police officials said that in connection with the cases registered over the unrest, Tej Pratap Yadav was produced before the Judicial Magistrate’s court at Chhajjubagh from Naubatpur police station.
After hearing the matter, the court remanded him to 14 days of judicial custody, following which he was sent to Beur Central Jail.
Meanwhile, his health is under medical supervision, and the bail application filed by his legal team is awaiting consideration by the court.
–IANS
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