Brahmeshwar murder case accused arrested

Ara: In a major breakthrough, the Bhojpur police arrested one of the main accused of Brahmeshwar Singh alias Brahmeshwar Mukhiya murder case Nandgopal Pandey alias Fauji from Shri Chandra Nagar under Town police station of Jamui district on Wednesday.
The former chief of the outlawed Ranvir Sena, a private militia of landlords, Brahmeshwar Mukhiya, was killed on June 1, 2012 in Ara.His murder had triggered both violence and political tumult in the state.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Bhojpur SP Kshatranil Singh said acting on a tip-off, a nine-member police team was constituted under district intelligence unit (DIU) in charge Kumar Saurabh. "The police team collected secret information about the accused who was working as a contractor in Jamui under a pseudo name.
Police kept a watch on him through electronic surveillance and finally succeeded in arresting him," said the SP.
The accused, Nandgopal, son of late Ramji Pandey of Jogiya village under Bikramganj police station of Rohtas district, was already carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head.
He is also being interrogated by the police for his involvement in 18 other cases of bank robbery, murder and kidnapping lodged with different police stations.
"Nandgopal will be later handed over to Rohtas police, where he is wanted in a case of demanding ransom," said the SP.
Police sources said the CBI will also quiz Nandgopal as it is probing the Brahmeshwar Mukhiya murder case on the recommendations of the state government.