Patna: A Bihar court on Tuesday dismissed the
bail prayer of Niraj Kumar Gupta, arrested on charge of
sending SMS to the cell phones of several police officials
threatening to kill Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by October 31
last.
Observing that the charges against the youth was
'very very serious in nature', Chief Judicial Magistrate S P
Singh rejected Niraj's application for regular bail.
Niraj, a resident of Gaya, was arrested by police from
Ramkrishna Nagar police station area here on October 23 after
several police officials received SMS, allegedly through
the former's mobile, threatening to eliminate Kumar.
An FIR was registered against Niraj, currently in
jail, with Ramkrishna Nagar police station in the state
capital on October 25.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, November 03, 2009, 18:42