Former Jamshedpur MP Dr Ajoy pleads innocent in special court, verdict on Aug 25

Jamshedpur, Aug 24: Dr Ajoy Kumar, former MP of Jamshedpur, appeared in the Special Court, Ranchi Civil Court on Tuesday. Recording a statement in the court under Section 313 Criminal Procedure on the allegation of helping and talking to the Naxal leader, he pleaded innocent. The court will deliver its verdict in this case on Wednesday, August 25.

Advocates Sudhir Kumar Pappu, Vimal Kumar, Babita Jain were also present in the court on behalf of Dr Ajoy. The case pertains to July 2, 2011. BJP leader Dineshanand Goswami had lodged an FIR against him in Sakchi police station. Complaint was also lodged with the Election Commission.

Later the investigation of the case was handed over to the Crime Research Department. The case went on in court for 10 years. Dr Kumar had contested the Jamshedpur Lok Sabha by-election as a candidate of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha. He won the election with an overwhelming majority. BJP candidate Dineshanand Goswami had accused Dr Ajoy Kumar of taking help from Naxal leader Samarji and influencing voters.

At the same time, the CD of the conversation was also provided to the police, in which it was said that the conversation of Dr Ajoy and Samarji is on record.

Presently Dr Ajoy Kumar is a senior leader in Congress. The party has made him in-charge of Mizoram and Sikkim. After winning the election in 2011, he contested from Jamshedpur Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Jharkhand Vikas Morcha ticket in 2014, but was defeated by BJP candidate Bidyut Baran Mahto.