Durgapur BJP leader jailed in coal pilferage case

BJP leader and Durgapur businessman Rajesh Jha, alias Raju, was remanded in judicial custody by a Bankura court where he had turned up on Monday to seek bail in connection with a coal pilferage case lodged in 2005.

The coal pilferage case was lodged at Mejia police station in Bankura in 2005. The court rejected his bail petition and sent him to 14 days’ judicial custody.

Jha, who had recently joined the BJP in the presence of the party state president Dilip Ghosh and MP Arjun Singh, is one of the aspirants seeking nominations in the forthcoming Assembly elections. He was seen taking part in the BJP’s political activities, including Parivartan Yatra in Durgapur, Raniganj, Jamuria and Pandaveswar, areas that come under the coal belt in West Burdwan.