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Ex-Minister Surrenders in
Court NEW DELHI, 31 May 2003 — A former Bihar minister facing charges of
abduction surrendered in Gaya yesterday. Surendra Yadav, who was the
minister of state for excise in the Rabri Devi government, was remanded in
judicial custody. He was wanted in connection with the abduction of
businessman Atul Prakash and illegal confinement of policemen. Chief Judicial Magistrate Ravindra Prasad Thakur, in whose court Yadav
surrendered, rejected his bail petition and remanded him to 14 days’
judicial custody. Prakash reportedly fled to Anand in Gujarat in the first week of April
after cheating some politicians of the ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal party
in Bihar. In a bid to get back his money, Azad Gandhi, an RJD legislator, who was
accompanying the police team returning from Gujarat after arresting
Prakash, persuaded the policemen to alight from a Patna-bound train at
Gaya and took Prakash to the residence of Yadav. There he was tortured for
three consecutive days. Police sub-inspector Ramakant Ram, who is now in prison for his alleged
involvement in Prakash’s kidnapping and illegal confinement, narrated
the whole episode to Gaya Police Superintendent Ravindra Shanakaran on
April 8. Following this, a report was lodged against Yadav, Azad Gandhi and
Pappu Yadav.
Syed Asdar Ali, Special to Arab News
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