Patna, Oct 30 Mokama MLA Anant Singh on Friday said he would comply with the Supreme Court’s directive to surrender by December 1 in the Dularchand Yadav murder case, alleging that JD(U) MLC Neeraj Kumar had conspired to implicate him in the case.
The Supreme Court directed Singh to surrender by December 1 while hearing a plea seeking cancellation of the bail granted to him by the Patna High Court in March this year.
Singh, who was arrested earlier in the case for allegedly orchestrating the murder in October last year, said he had faith in the judiciary.
“I will abide by the directive of the Supreme Court and surrender myself before December 1. I have full faith in the judiciary that it will grant me bail again after subsequent hearings,” he said.
Singh alleged that Neeraj Kumar had conspired to implicate him in the case and subsequently filed a petition seeking cancellation of his bail.
Kumar rejected the allegations, saying he had “nothing to do with the filing of the petition”.
“I am not even properly aware of the judicial decision. I have neither seen the order nor am I a petitioner in the case. Somehow, my name is being dragged here,” he said.
RJD working president Tejashwi Yadav sought to link the Supreme Court’s directive with Singh’s falling out with the NDA.
Despite being a JD(U) MLA, Singh had campaigned for Jan Suraaj candidate Anuj Singh against his own party’s nominee, Neeraj Kumar, in the recently concluded Patna Graduates’ constituency election to the legislative council.
The JD(U) subsequently expelled Singh and his wife from the party over alleged anti-party activities and wrote to the assembly speaker seeking cancellation of Singh’s membership of the House as per rules.
“The judiciary is doing its work. Anant Singh himself alleged that he was being framed. When he shifted allegiance from our party to the NDA, the government became good for him. Now, only he will tell what the matter is,” Yadav said.
Singh, however, dismissed the allegation that the court’s directive was the result of a political vendetta by the government.
“I believe the government has not done anything against me. It is Neeraj Kumar’s deed. I did not oppose the party or the government during the MLC elections. I just opposed Neeraj Kumar,” he said.
(PTI News)
