Former RJD MP Shahabuddin's role under scanner in Rajdeo Ranjan murder case

The needle of suspicion pointed towards Shahabuddin after his close associate Upendra Singh along with Shahjad, Vidya Sagar and Munshi Mian were detained in the case soon after the incident.

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Role of former RJD MP Shahabuddin's has now come under the scanner in the Rajdeo Ranjan murder case that took place on May 13.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS
  1. The needle of suspicion pointed towards Shahabuddin after his close associate Upendra Singh along with Shahjad, Vidya Sagar and Munshi Mian were detained in the case soon after the incident. Interestingly, Upendra Singh who is close to Shahabuddin had given contract to eliminate Shrikant Bharti, press adviser to BJP MP Om Prakash Yadav in December 2014. Upendra Singh is also an active member of the RJD.
  2. Speaking to India Today, Chawaani Singh, the sharp shooter who was eliminated confirmed his role in the killing. "I killed Bharti after getting a contract from Upendra Singh", he said.
  3. Upendra Singh's political links also came into the limelight by Siwan's district president Parmatma Ram who asserted that Singh was a member and supporter of Lalu Prasad's party. He, however, said that Upendra did not have any role in the journalist's killing.
  4. The family members of the journalist also spoke to the media about threats call that Rajdeo used to receive from political leaders. She demanded a CBI probe for fair investigations. "Upendra Singh used to offer free bricks and sand to my husband. My husband had told me about it. He also used to get threat call because of the profession into he was. I doubt Shahabuddin had a role in my husband's murder", said the journalist's wife.
  5. The local BJP MP Om Prakash Yadav also declared that it was the former RJD MP who was behind the killing. Yadav said that Shahabuddin used to dislike Rajdeo because the he extensively wrote against him. Yadav said, " Rajdeo has recently exposed through his newspaper of how 23 people were on the hit list of Shahabuddin. That had not gone well with the dreaded gangster. Shahabuddin was behind Shrikant Bharti's as well as the journalist's killing".

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Meanwhile, there has been no major breakthrough in the journalist murder case though police claimed of getting vital clues. The investigation is being carried out in Uttar Pradesh for a breakthrough in the case.