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Bihar minister meets life-term convict in prison

| | Mar 09, 2016, at 12:18 am
Patna, Mar 8 (IBNS) A Bihar Minister has triggered a controversy after he was seen feasting with a convict Mohammad Sahabuddin in a jail.

Sahabuddin is currently serving life term in connection with a murder case.

Bihar Minority Affairs Minister Abdul Ghafoor reportedly met Sahabuddin in the jail on Mar 6.

Abdul Ghafoor told media: "It was just a 2-3 minutes courtesy meeting."

"Circuit house is located next to the prison so I just wen to meet my party’s MP," he said.

RJD Supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav backed Ghafoor  and said serving guests with snacks is a normal courtesy.

"It is a normal courtesy," Yadav told reporters.

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