Ludhiana: In a major relief, District Youth Congress president Rajiv Raja got bail from local court in fake caste certificate on Tuesday. Earlier, Raja has got anticipatory bail.
The court of Judicial Magistrate, Bishan Saroop has asked Tehsildar to submit the report and following the report was submitted the court granted bail to Rajiv Raja.
Following the development, Rajiv Raja termed the case against him as “political vendetta”. He said that he has full faith in judiciary and will come clean in the case.
Raja said that being an opposition party Youth Congress was playing an active role and the state government was scared of it. Earlier also, SC Commission and other departments have given clean chit to him in the same allegations, he added.
It is pertinent to mention here that the city police have registered a case against Rajiv Raja accusing him of faking Schedule Caste (SC) certificate to contest party elections.
The case was registered following the inquiry by ACP rank official. The police have slapped sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 of the IPC against Raja in case registered at Police Station Haibowal.
The case was registered following the complaint of rebel Congress leader, Gursimran Singh Mand.