Bihar legislator seeks anticipatory bail

Pat, May 13: Manorama Devi, a Jata Dal-United legislator and mother of murder accused Rocky Yadav, on Friday filed an anticipatory bail plea in Bihar’s Gaya civil court, even as authorities prepared to confiscate her house. An arrest warrant was issued on Wednesday against Manorama Devi for keeping liquor in her home in Gaya town against the prohibition law and for harbouring her fugitive son who has since been arrested, a police official said. Her bail plea is scheduled to be heard on Monday, the official said. The legislator, who was suspended from the ruling Jata Dal-United (JD-U) on Tuesday, has been evading arrest. Her son Rocky Yadav was arrested on Tuesday from a house in Bodh Gaya for allegedly killing on May 7 Aditya Sachdeva, the teeged son of a Gaya-based businessman, and has been remanded in police custody.  (IANS)