Patna: Suspended JDU MLA Sarfaraz Alam was arrested by Patna rail police on Sunday. The development comes after the MLA was suspended by the party on Saturday. However, Alam was released on conditional bail on Sunday night.
Alam was called for questioning again earlier on Sunday, the second time since Saturday, and put under arrest later on, Railway Superintendent of Police P N Mishra said.
Alam, the third term JDU MLA from Jokihat in Araria district, was subjected to more grilling after his arrest, the SP said.
His body guard and a personal staff who had accompanied him on Rajdhani Express on January 17 were also arrested along with him.
Later on SUnday the MLA was released on conditional bail on two sureties of Rs 20,000 each, Mishra said, adding his body guard and personal staff have also been released. The Jokihat MLA was released from GRP Patna on five conditions.
These included depositing his passport so that he can not leave the country during pendency of the probe in the case, the SP said.
Other conditions included he would neither meet the complainant nor apply any pressure on the couple, will cooperate in the ongoing investigation, will acquire a regular bail from a court and deposit two sureties of Rs 20,000 each, he added.
The bail was granted by the Rail police after the MLA's advocate SBK Mangalam pleaded that under CrPC 41 the MLA could not be arrested.
The JDU MLA, who is the son of RJD MP from Araria Mohammad Taslimuddin, was allowed to go home on Saturday on medical grounds after four hours of questioning in connection with the case.
The alleged abuse took place on Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express on January 17. During questioning yesterday, the MLA admitted to travelling in the train on January 17 but claimed he did not abuse the couple.
With PTI Inputs.
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