Extortion case: Police raid locations of Ritlal's aides
Patna: The Patna police carried out searches at several locations connected to associates of RJD MLA Ritlal Yadav, who represents the Danapur constituency and is known as a close aide of the Lalu Prasad family.
The operation, conducted during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, was part of an ongoing investigation into an
extortion case
. The MLA is already in judicial custody in connection with the same matter.
The police action in Kotwa village was initiated following a complaint lodged by a contractor. The complainant alleged that Ritlal and his associates had disrupted the construction of a residential building and caused damage to property.
According to the police, the construction was taking place legally within the jurisdiction of Khagaul police station. The MLA and his associates allegedly orchestrated the destruction of the boundary wall of the house under construction.
City SP (west), Bhanu Pratap Singh, who led a coordinated team from 12 police stations in the raid, said the operation was conducted to arrest four absconding accused linked to Ritlal.
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"The complainant alleged that on the orders of Ritlal, his henchmen demolished the structure of a building, which he was constructing in Kotwa village of Danapur, after he allegedly failed to pay the extortion amount demanded by the latter," the SP said.
He added Ritlal is named as an accused in the case and added that efforts to arrest the remaining people are ongoing. "The police will soon nab the absconding accused as search operations are still on," Singh said.
Ritlal had surrendered before a Patna court on April 17. His brother, brother-in-law and six close associates are currently in jail in connection with the same case.
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