Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday drew flak from the opposition RJD-Congress combine over the visit to his official residence by former state minister Manju Verma, who is out on bail in an Arms Act case.
Verma, who had stepped down as the social welfare minister in August last year, following allegations of close links between her husband and Brajesh Thakur the prime accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter home scandal was granted bail in the case lodged at the Cheria Bariyarpur police station of Begusarai district by the Patna High Court earlier this week.
The case was lodged upon recovery of a huge cache of ammunition from her residence by a CBI team, which was conducting a raid in connection with the shelter home scandal.
Verma, a sitting MLA from Cheria Bariyarpur, was suspended from the
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