Gaya: Suspended JD(U) MLA Manorama Devi, whose son Rocky Yadav is accused of killing Aditya Sachdeva in a road rage incident, surrendered before a court in Gaya this morning. The court remanded her to 14 days judicial custody.
Manorama Devi has been evading arrest since last Wednesday when a warrant was issued against her for harbouring her fugitive son who has since been arrested.
She has also been accused of keeping liquor in her home in Gaya town in violation of the state's prohibition law.
The MLC's lawyer Mohammad Sarfuddin said that he had told the court that she is not well and proper medical facility should be provided to her in custody. The court accepted this and instructed officials to provide her medical facility.
While being taken to jail from the court, the MLC alleged that the BJP got her trapped in the case for political reasons. "Do I drink alcohol that I will keep liquor bottles in my house?" she asked media persons.
To a question, the suspended JD(U) MLC said she was with the Grand Secular Alliance ministry.
Manorama Devi had filed an anticipatory bail plea on Friday as the Gaya district administration said her house would be seized.
Authorities in Gaya last week cancelled the arms licences of Manorama Devi, who is a JD(U) member of legislative council (MLC), and her husband Bindi Yadav, a criminal-turned-politician.
Her son Rocky Yadav was arrested last Tuesday from a house in Bodh Gaya for allegedly killing on May 7 Aditya Sachdeva, the teenaged son of a Gaya-based businessman, and was remanded in police custody.
Bindi Yadav is also in custody for allegedly helping Rocky escape after the murder.
Following the widespread outrage over the murder, the JD(U) suspended Manorama Devi from its membership.
Aditya's family has demanded a CBI investigation into the case and a speedy trial of the accused.
With Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asserting that no guilty will be spared, police promised to file a charge sheet within a month.
Manorama Devi became MLC from JD(U) in 2015. Earlier, she was member of Legislative Council from RJD from 2003 to 2009.
