Akshay Kanti Bam, a Congress turncoat, and his father were granted anticipatory bail in an alleged murder in Indore by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday, reported PTI.

Earlier in April,  Bam had withdrawn from contesting in lok sbha polls as the candidate of Congress for the Indore Lok Sabha seat on the last day of withdrawal of nomination (April 29) and joined the ruling BJP soon after.