MUZAFFARGARH: An Anti-terrorism court on Monday granted bail to MNA Jamshed Ahmad Dasti in two cases registered against him — one for forcibly releasing water in Dinga minor and a murder case filed in 2015.

The MNA who also heads his own Awami Raj Party was arrested for forcibly releasing water in Dinga minor a few days back, was shifted to Dera Ghazi Khan jail from Multan central jail on Sunday night. As the police had added sections of Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) in the FIR, Mr Dasti was produced in a special anti-terrorism court on Monday that granted him bail in water release case.

He was also granted bail in a murder case (FIR 82/15) registered against him in 2015 after his driver Mushtaq Sial allegedly killed a man in 2015.

Meanwhile, dozens of farmers staged a demonstration in favour of Mr Dasti.— Correspondent