Jalandhar, Sept. 23 -- A court in Jalandhar on Monday granted bail to AAP legislator from Jalandhar Central Raman Arora, who was arrested in connection with an alleged extortion and criminal intimidation case on May 23. After the court's order, Arora is likely to come out of jail on Tuesday.

Arora, who is lodged in Kapurthala jail, has already been granted bail in a corruption case September 3. However, the Jalandhar commissionerate police brought him to the court under a production warrant and formally arrested him in connection with the extortion case.

According to an FIR lodged on August 23, Arora is accused of extorting Rs.30,000 per month from Ramesh Kumar, a Jalandhar-based parking lot contractor. The case was registered under var...