Ranchi, Sep 2 (PTI) The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of the man accused of duping Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's wife and Patiala MP Preneet Kaur in a cyber fraud last year.

The Congress MP was duped of Rs 23 lakh.

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After Hearing arguments, Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay rejected the bail plea of the accused, Afsar Ali.

Public prosecutor Shailendra Tiwari told the court that the accused was an inter-state cyber criminal, who has been involved in several such incidents. Therefore, his bail plea be rejected, he contended.

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