Bihar decides to challenge bail of Rocky Yadav

Pat, Oct 20: The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government on Thursday decided to challenge the bail granted to Rocky Yadav, who allegedly shot dead Aditya Sachdeva in a road rage incident, an official here said. “The state government has decided to appeal in the apex court the Pat High Court’s granting bail to Rocky Yadav,” Additiol Advocate General Lalit Kishore said. A ruling Jata Dal-United (JD-U) leader close to Nitish Kumar said the decision was taken in the wake of protests by the opposition over Rocky Yadav’s release. Rocky Yadav, son of JD-U leader Manorama Devi, had allegedly shot dead Sachdeva, a student in Gaya, in a road rage incident in May. A day after Rocky was granted bail, the victim’s father Shyam Sachdeva on Thursday urged the Bihar government to challenge his bail in the Supreme Court. Sachdeva demanded cancellation of the bail, and said: “If the Nitish Kumar government will not challenge it, I will.” Rocky Yadav had allegedly shot Aditya Sachdeva, a class 12 student and son of a businessman, on May 7 after the latter overtook Yadav’s vehicle in Gaya town, about 100 km from here. (IANS)