Satish Aditya
Motihari : A police team led by a Magistrate conducted raid at a hotel in Motihari Town in East Champaran district ion May 10, 2019, late night, and seized Rs 4.11 lakh cash from the election office of Rama Devi, sitting MP and BJP nominee from Sheohar parliamentary constituency (PC).
SDM, Motihari, Priya Ranjan Raju, said that after end of electioneering for the 6th phase of General Elections scheduled for May 12, 2019, the administration conducted raids in all hotels and other suspected locations on May 10, 2019, evening. A case
has been lodged with Chatauni police station against Rama Devi, the BJP candidate from Sheohar, for violation of Model Code of Conduct. Rama Devi, on the other hand, said that this money was collected as contribution from party workers.
Raid was also was conducted at Y S Hotel, Motihari, where RLSP candidate from Purbi Champaran parliamentary constituency(PC) Akash Kumar and his father Akhilesh Prasad Singh, a senior Congress leader and MP, are staying and running their election office but nothing was objectionable was found there. Akask Kumar alleged that the raid was conducted
at behest of a powerful BJP leader.