An attempt to murder BJP leader and former Jama MLA Sita Soren was foiled on Thursday night, when her former Personal Assistant Devashish Ghosh entered her hotel room with a pistol in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand.
Soren had visited Dhanbad and was staying in a hotel in Saraidhela area. When she entered her room her former PA was inside the room with a pistol and was ready to fire.
The personal security guards of Sita Soren got information in time and apprehended Ghosh. Police later arrived on the information and arrested Ghosh. They also recovered two pistols from the Hotel.
Ghosh was produced in Dhanbad Court on Friday and was sent in judicial custody by the court.
Reasons of the former PA planning to attack the leader are yet to be known. Police will take him into remand and investigate the case very soon, said officials.
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Sita Soren, who is the sister-in-law of the Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, elder daughter in law of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Shibu Soren, is into the BJP fold these days.
She was a JMM MLA from Jama constituency of the State before joining the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. The BJP had given her a ticket in the Lok Sabha and the Assembly polls, but she lost both the elections.
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