10-year jail term for RJD’s Anant Singh in INSAS rifle case

Patna, July 21 (UNI) The MLA-MLC court of Patna pronounced a 10-year jail term for RJD Bahubali leader Anant Kumar Singh in an INSAS rifle, 6 empty magazines, and a bulletproof jacket case on Thursday. In an investigation of Vinay Yadav alias Putus, the Patna police conducted a raid at the house of Anant Singh in Barh in 2015. During the search operation, the Bihar ATS had found 1 INSAS rifle, 6 empty magazines, a bulletproof jacket, and some clothes. The trial
of this case was held in the MLAMLC court and he was held guilty of keeping sophisticated arms and ammunition which are meant only for use by security forces. The Beur jail administration produced Anant Singh in the court where the judge pronounced the quantum of punishment of a 10-year jail term. Reacting to it, Anant Singh said: “As I am against the Nitish Kumar government, the court has held me guilty in a case in which I was not involved. The judge has not been transferred for the last 18 months. I did not go to that house where the police claimed that they had recovered the weapons.