Bihar MLA ‘de-trained’ for travelling on MP father’s ticket

An MLA, his wife and mother were ‘‘de-trained’’ at Mughalsarai railway station in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly travelling on invalid train tickets. The trio were reportedly going from Varanasi to Patna on the Punjab Mail.

An MLA, his wife and mother were ‘‘de-trained’’ at Mughalsarai railway station in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly travelling on invalid train tickets. The trio were reportedly going from Varanasi to Patna on the Punjab Mail.

Unconfirmed reports said that more people travelling with them were also detrained at the station.

Senior Railway officials said Ajit Kumar Jha, MLA from Sheohar in Bihar and son of RJP MP Raghunath Jha, was intercepted by officials of the Commercial Department of Indian Railways. During checking the MLA was found to be travelling on an invalid train ticket alongwith his wife and mother.

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‘‘These persons were travelling on tickets issued on the identity card number of MP Raghunath Jha,’’ said a railway official at Mughalsarai.

While MP Raghunath Jha was unavailable for comment, one of his aides at his New Delhi residence denied the allegations and said, ‘‘Ajit Kumar Jha is an MLA and was travelling with his wife in AC-II on tickets issued in his name. His mother, wife of MP Raghunath Jha, was travelling in AC-I as per her entitlement as a Member of Parliament’s spouse.’’

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