Bittu’s close aide Rajiv Raja gets bail in extortion case

The court of Additional Sessions Judge Rajneesh has granted bail to Rajiv Raja, a former city Youth Congress president and a close associate of Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu, in an alleged extortion case of Rs 30 lakh. He was arrested on February 10.

On February 7, the police had registered a case on the complaint of a businessman and resident of Mall Enclave Ravish Gupta. According to the complainant, he had been getting extortion calls from some foreign numbers and the callers were demanding Rs 30 lakh or else threatening to kill him and his family.

He suspected that some local resident who knew him well could be involved in the conspiracy.

Three persons were arrested in the case. During their questioning, they took the name of Raja as the key conspirator.

However, Raja could not be released from jail as his lawyer could not get the bail order.