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PATNA: The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Darbhanga, Junaid Alam has rejected the regular bail plea of the man who is currently under judicial custody on the charges of using abusive language against the PM Narendra Modi and his mother on August 27 from a platform erected by the local Congress leaders to welcome party leader Rahul Gandhi during his ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ from Darbhanga to Muzaffarpur in Bihar.“The court of the CJM rejected the regular bail plea of accused Mohammad Rizvi alias Raja (20) on Tuesday. The bail petition was rejected mainly on the ground that the accused Rizvi has confessed his involvement in the crime during his statement before the investigating officer,” advocate Md Murshid Ansari, who moved the bail petition, told TOI over phone from Darbhanga on Wednesday.The accused Mohammad Rizvi alias Raja (20) is lodged in the Darbhanga district jail since August 29. He was sent to jail hours after his arrest on the same day.Mohammad Rizvi came into the spotlight on Aug 28 after a video in which he allegedly used abusive language against the PM and his mother went viral on social media. This prompted BJP’s Darbhanga district president Aditya Narain Choudhary to lodge an FIR with Simri police station against certain persons.During investigation, Simri police identified the man in the viral video as Rizvi of Bhapoora village. According to police, he had used abusive language against the PM and his mother on Aug 27 from a platform erected by local Congress leaders to welcome party leader Rahul Gandhi during his ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ from Darbhanga to Muzaffarpur.Police, in its investigation report, said Rizvi allegedly mounted the dais and used abusive language after Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders had already left for Muzaffarpur.
