Rajdeo Ranjan News
The SC ordered the closure after the CBI on Thursday said that it did not find anything against Tej Pratap in the case.
Patna High Court on Thursday upheld the life sentence of former RJD lawmaker Mohammad Shahabuddin in connection with the 2004 Siwan acid attack case.
The investigating agency has filed charge-sheet against seven accused persons in the case while two accused, Mohammad Javed and Mohammad Kaif, are on bail.
A court in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district accepted the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea for questioning Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin in connection with journalist Rajdeo Ranjan murder case.
Mohammad Shahabuddin, is a criminal turned politician and locally known as `Bahubali`. He faces 35 criminal cases including murder, extortion, kidnapping and has been convicted in seven.
The Supreme Court said trial in the cases registered against Shahabuddin will be conducted through video conferencing from Tihar Jail.
Asha Ranjan had earlier filed a plea stating that free and fair trial against Shahabuddin was not possible if he remains lodged in the Bihar jail.
In yet another incident of murder in Bihar, a journalist was shot dead on Tuesday in Bihar's Samastipur.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear the plea regarding shifting RJD strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin from Siwan jail in Bihar to Tihar Central Jail in the national capital.
During the last hearing in the case on October 17, the court had directed the CBI to complete the Rajdeo Ranjan murder probe within three months.
Mohammad Kaif's photograph with RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's son and state Health minister Tej Pratap Yadav last week had triggered a controversy.
'Shooter' Mohammad Kaif, a suspect in the murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan's murder, surrendered before the Siwan court on Wednesday, in an extortion case.
Mohammad Shahabuddin, who is alleged to be behind Ranjan's killing, was released on bail on September 10 by the Patna High Court.
Bihar government had issued a notification requesting the CBI to take over the investigation of the murder case of Siwan journalist.
The CBI will take over probe in the murder of Siwan journalist Rajdeo Ranjan.
Former parliament member Mohammad Shahabuddin was shifted from Bhagalpur Central Jail in Bihar to Delhi's AIIMS for treatment on Wednesday, officials said.
Former RJD MP Mohamamad Shahabuddin files a petition in Siwan special court claiming threat to his life from state govt.
In a major development in Bihar journalist Rajdeo Ranjan's murder case, key accused Laddan Miyan, a close aide of former RJD MP Shahabuddin, surrendered before court on Thursday.
In a major breakthrough, police on Wednesday arrested five people in connection with Bihar journalist Rajdeo Ranjan's murder case.
Acting on a security audit report of Siwan central jail, the Bihar government has shifted jailed former RJD MP Md Shahabuddin, whose associates are under the police scanner in the murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan on May 13, to Bhagalpur jail.
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