CBI to probe murder of Bihar journalist Rajdev Ranjan
PATNA: CBI will take over the probe into the murder of Bihar journalist Rajdev Ranjan. Sources said a team of agency sleuths will soon leave for Siwan in this connection after a case is registered.
This comes after a furore erupted over Mohammad Kaif, the wanted sharpooter in the murder case, who was spotted next to former RJD parliamentarian Shahabuddin, when he was released from prison.Kaif is one of the accused in the murder of Hindustan daily’s Siwan bureau chief Rajdev Ranjan.
In the video clip, Kaif can be seen standing right next to Shahabuddin and cheering him on, as he spoke to media after being released on bail on Saturday.Controversial former RJD MP Mohammed Shahabuddin, who recently released on bail, is under the scanner of investigation agencies in the case.
Earlier, Bihar government had transferred the case to CBI and the agency is now all set to register an FIR.The case again came into limelight, after a photograph of an alleged sharpshooter who is wanted in this murder, was spotted with Mohammed Shahabuddin when he was released on bail from Bhagalpur jail, The prime accused of the case is also said to have close links with Shahabuddin.
Meanwhile the spouse of slain journalist Rajdev Ranjan today moved Supreme Court seeking transfer of probe and trial in the murder case to Delhi from Siwan in Bihar.
She alleged that media reports have shown two absconding killers of her husband in the company of recently-released RJD leader Shahabuddin and Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav.The plea also alleged that CBI, to which the case was handed over on May 16 by Bihar government, was yet take it up.
Meanwhile, PTI reports that Chandrakeshwar Prasad of Siwan, whose three of four sons were allegedly murdered by the gangster-turned-politician, will tomorrow file an appeal in the apex court challenging Patna High Court’s order granting bail to the former RJD MP through his lawyer Prashant Bhushan.
Meanwhile, speaking to ANI, Kaid has rubbished all accusations against him and said that he has no involvement in the murder of journalist Rajdev Rajan.
Kaif told ANI that he had very close and good relations with Rajan, adding that he was at his sister’s residence for the post funereal ceremony at the time he was killed as she died two days before his murder.
Speaking on the accusation levelled against him by Rajan’s wife, he said, “Rajdev’s wife doesn’t know me that well. People have said wrong things about me to Rajdev’s wife.
