Facing an arrest warrant in an assault case pending for years, JMM MLA Jagannath Mahato on Saturday surrendered before a local court in Bokaro.

Rejecting his bail petition, the Judicial Magistrate (first class), Dinesh Kumar Mishra, sent him to judicial custody.
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Mahato represents the Jharkhand assembly from the Dumri assembly constituency.
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