A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator in Rajasthan moved a court here Friday seeking anticipatory bail in the case of the 2011 communal violence in Bharatpur district that left 10 people dead, said a lawyer.
Anita Singh, legislator from Nagar constituency in Bharatpur, was among the 43 people recently booked by the the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on various charges in connection with the violence in Gopalgarh area of the district between Gujjar and Meo communities.
The clash occurred Sep 14, 2011 over a piece of land, with one group claiming that it was for a burial centre and the other that it was for a pond. 40 people were also injured in the clash.
Anita Singh's lawyer A.K. Jain said that the legislator has been booked for obstructing government servants in carrying out their duty among some other charges.
The lawyer said that the anticipatory bail application was filed in the district judge's court Friday.
"The application will come up for hearing on Monday," Jain said.
"We had sought anticipatory bail after CBI filed an application in the special court for CBI cases in Jaipur seeking arrest warrant against 43 people including Anita Singh, Congress legislator from Kaman constituency Zahida Khan and several other local BJP leaders," said Jain.
