AAP MLA Naresh Yadav gets bail in Quran case

SANGRUR: A local court on Saturday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Naresh Yadav in connection with the alleged Quran sacrilege incident in Malerkotla

SANGRUR: A local court on Saturday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Naresh Yadav in connection with the alleged Quran sacrilege incident in Malerkotla on June 24.

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Yadav’s advocate and head of party’s legal cell Himmat Singh Shergill said: “Yadav has been granted bail by the court of additional district and sessions judge Amarjeet Singh Virk at Sangrur on Saturday.”

Yadav was released from the district prison at 5pm.

The Mehruali (Delhi) MLA was remanded in police custody for two days by the Malerkotla court on July 25 and was sent to judicial custody till August 1 on July 27.

Talking to the media, Yadav said: “It was deep-rooted conspiracy of the Parkash Singh Badal government to arrest me. This will backfire and people of Punjab will give a fitting reply to the SAD-BJP combine in the assembly elections.”