The Congress party has launched a poster campaign against Akshay Bam, who recently withdrew his candidacy for the party from Madhya Pradesh’s Indore Lok Sabha seat before joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The posters describe Bam as an "absconder" in a 17-year-old alleged attempted murder case and offer a cash reward of Rs 5,100 for information leading to his arrest.
A sessions court issued arrest warrants against Bam and his 75-year-old father, Kantilal Bam, on May 10. Khajrana police station in-charge Sujit Srivastava confirmed Wednesday that the search for both men is ongoing.
Devendra Singh Yadav, acting president of the Congress’ city unit, stated, "Bam, who betrayed the Congress, is absconding in the attempt to murder case. We have put up posters at major intersections of the city, on three-wheelers and four-wheelers to help the police in his arrest."
If any Congress worker or a common citizen provides information to the police about Bam, he will be given a cash reward of Rs 5,100, he said.
The anticipatory bail plea for Bam and his father in the attempted murder case is set to be heard on May 24 at the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
The case stems from a judicial magistrate's order on April 24, which added the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 307 (attempt to murder) to the FIR against Bam and his father. This relates to an alleged attack on local farmer Yunus Patel in 2007 over a land dispute.
Five days after the court's order, Bam withdrew his candidacy as the Congress candidate from Indore and subsequently joined the ruling BJP.
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