A court here has granted bail to four men arrested for allegedly demanding money from a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA under the pretext of helping him secure a ministerial position in the Maharashtra government. The metropolitan magistrate court passed the order on Monday, a copy of which was made available on Tuesday, noting that the investigation in the case is almost complete and hence there was no need to detain the accused in jail further.

It added that the accused persons can be released on bail with certain conditions imposed on them to ensure there is no tampering with prosecution evidence.
The accused persons Riyaz Shaikkh, Nandkishor Singh, Yogesh Kulkarni and Sagar Sangavai were arrested by the police and booked for cheating and impersonation.