PIL Man of Jharkhand Rajeev Kumar apprehends life risk from CM Hemant Soren, his aides
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RANCHI: Senior Advocate Rajeev Kumar, who’s out on bail, apprehends a life risk from Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his aides, and has written a letter to Jharkhand DGP in search of safety cowl for him and his members of the family.
According to Kumar, he has been getting common life threats from the individuals associated to CM Soren and his aides. Kumar, in his letter, has said that CM Soren, his aides Pankaj Mishra, Prem Prakash and Amit Agrawal, needs to be held accountable if something untoward occurs to him or his household.
“Therefore, please prolong safety cowl to me and my household towards the eminent risk in the previous couple of days. A variety of individuals associated to Hemant Soren, Pankaj Mishra, Prem Prakash and Amit Agrawal have threatened me. So, please present sufficient safety to me and my household,” said the senior advocate in his letter written to DGP.
According to Kumar, beforehand he was having safety guard for his safety, however on account of his implication within the false case, the guard was withdrawn. Now, since he’s out on bail and doing his job as an advocate in Jharkhand High Court, he’s getting plenty of threats from totally different quarters, he stated.
Kumar was arrested by the Kolkata Police allegedly with Rs 50 lakh in his possession on July 31.
Reportedly, he had filed a PIL in Ranchi High Court towards a Kolkata-based businessman and was asking Rs 10 crore to withdraw the PIL. After negotiations, he allegedly settled at Rs 1 crore for which the primary instalment of Rs 50 lakh was paid and he was caught red-handed with it.
Later, he was granted bail by Jharkhand High Court on November 9. Notably, Kumar, often known as the PIL Man of Jharkhand has been instrumental in submitting PILs in search of probes towards CM Hemant Soren for the alleged irregularities within the grant of mining leases and in addition on transactions of some shell corporations purportedly operated by his members of the family and associates.
RANCHI: Senior Advocate Rajeev Kumar, who’s out on bail, apprehends a life risk from Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his aides, and has written a letter to Jharkhand DGP in search of safety cowl for him and his members of the family.
According to Kumar, he has been getting common life threats from the individuals associated to CM Soren and his aides. Kumar, in his letter, has said that CM Soren, his aides Pankaj Mishra, Prem Prakash and Amit Agrawal, needs to be held accountable if something untoward occurs to him or his household.
“Therefore, please prolong safety cowl to me and my household towards the eminent risk in the previous couple of days. A variety of individuals associated to Hemant Soren, Pankaj Mishra, Prem Prakash and Amit Agrawal have threatened me. So, please present sufficient safety to me and my household,” said the senior advocate in his letter written to DGP.
According to Kumar, beforehand he was having safety guard for his safety, however on account of his implication within the false case, the guard was withdrawn. Now, since he’s out on bail and doing his job as an advocate in Jharkhand High Court, he’s getting plenty of threats from totally different quarters, he stated.
Kumar was arrested by the Kolkata Police allegedly with Rs 50 lakh in his possession on July 31.
Reportedly, he had filed a PIL in Ranchi High Court towards a Kolkata-based businessman and was asking Rs 10 crore to withdraw the PIL. After negotiations, he allegedly settled at Rs 1 crore for which the primary instalment of Rs 50 lakh was paid and he was caught red-handed with it.
Later, he was granted bail by Jharkhand High Court on November 9. Notably, Kumar, often known as the PIL Man of Jharkhand has been instrumental in submitting PILs in search of probes towards CM Hemant Soren for the alleged irregularities within the grant of mining leases and in addition on transactions of some shell corporations purportedly operated by his members of the family and associates.
