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Local court grants bail to senior Congress leaders

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Press Trust of India Dhar (MP)
Senior Congress leaders and former Union Ministers, Mukul Wasnik and Ajay Maken, were granted bail by a local court here today in Dharampuri town in connection with a ten-year-old case related to staging of a farmers' agitation.

Civil Judge Class II Suryakant Tripathi granted bail to the Congress leaders after they furnished Rs 15,000 bond.

They had staged a road blockade over an issue concerning farmers issue in 2005.

A case was registered against 10 Congress leaders including Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh, former Deputy Chief Ministers, Jamuna Devi and Subhash Yadav, at a local police station, based on a local BJP leader's complaint.

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First Published: Jun 22 2015 | 7:42 PM IST

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