CCA invoked against Pappu Yadav

The Crime Control Act was invoked against expelled RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, a day ahead of the polling in this Bihar's parliamentary constituency from where his mother Shanti Priya is in the fray as an independent candidate.

The Crime Control Act (CCA) was on Wednesday invoked against expelled RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, a day ahead of the polling in this Bihar's parliamentary constituency from where his mother Shanti Priya is in the fray as an independent candidate.

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"We have applied section 3 of the CCA against Pappu Yadav in view of elections in the constituency tomorrow," Superintendent of Police Nyer Hasnain Khan told PTI.

Khan said under section 3 of the CCA, Yadav would have to report to the satisfaction of station house officer of Purnia police station twice a day, failing which, he would be externed from Purnia district limits.

"The SHO is required to report to superiors about Yadav's behaviour on a daily basis," he said.

Yadav, who is facing life-term in the CPI(M) MLA Ajit Sarkar murder case and is now on bail, is in his home town Purnia canvassing support for his mother who is locked in a virtual triangular fight with BJP's Udai Singh and LJP's Shankar Jha.

His wife Ranjit Ranjan is seeking a second term from adjoining Supaul Lok Sabha seat on a Congress ticket.