Shahabuddin News

Shahabuddin was declared a history-sheeter Type A, or one who is beyond reform, and has been an MLA on two occasions and MP four times On Feb 15, 2018, the SC had ordered shifting of Shahabuddin, now facing trial in over three dozen criminal cases, from Siwan Jail to Tihar The order came in the wake of a plea filed by Asha Ranjan, the widow of slain Siwan-based journalist Rajdeo Ranjan, and Chandrakeshwar Prasad, whose three sons were killed

Yusuf, the nephew of former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, was shot dead on February 1.

The next hearing has been scheduled for February 12.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday filed charge sheet against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Mohammad Shahabuddin in the murder case of in the murder case of Siwan-based journalist Rajdeo Ranjan.

A day after an audiotape of a conversation between Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his party's jailed leader Mohammad Shahabuddin, was made public, the political outfit on Sunday dubbed the tape as doctored, while its ally Janata Dal (United) said that it was an attempt to destabilize the government of Bihar.

After an English news channel played a recorded conversation into the working relationship between Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and criminal-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday described it as a 'saddening day of democracy' in Bihar.

Former Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and parliamenterian Syed Shahabuddin, who was suffering from a prolonged illness, died at a hospital in this suburb of the national capital on Saturday morning.

Former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP and party strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin was on Sunday brought to Delhi from Patna, days after the Supreme Court ordered to shift him from Bihar's Siwan jail to Tihar Central Jail in the national capital. 

Chandrakeshwar Prasad, father of three brothers allegedly killed at the instance of mafia don-turned-politician Shahabuddin, and Asha Ranjan, wife of slain journalist Rajdeo Ranjan in Bihar`s Siwan district, have expressed happiness after the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that the RJD strongman be shifted from Siwan jail to Tihar Central Jail to ensure fair trial.

The Bihar government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it is not "averse" to shifting of Shahabuddin from Siwan jail to Tihar prison.

A Supreme Court Judge Justice UU Lalit on Monday recused himself from hearing a plea of the mother of three youths who were brutally killed by henchmen of controversial RJD leader Mohd Shahabuddin seeking cancellation of bail granted to him in the case in which he has already been sentenced to life.

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.

A rape victim from Nalanda, Bihar, has said in a WhatsApp message on Tuesday that she and her family are living in fear following the release on bail of her attacker -- a Bihar legislator now suspended from the ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal.

With the Supreme Court cancelling the bail plea of Mohammad Shahabuddin and directing the Bihar Government to take him into custody, the Janata Dal (United) on Saturday said the former`s hostility towards Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is natural as the latter sent the RJD strongman to jail under very difficult circumstances 11 years ago.

The Supreme Court on Monday mocked the avowed seriousness of the Bihar government in pursuing its petition challenging a Patna High Court order granting bail to RJD strongman and former party MLA Mohammad Shahabuddin, asking if it was so serious then why did it not challenge the order in the first instance.

The Supreme Court on Monday posted the hearing on a bunch of pleas challenging the bail given to RJD strongman Mohd Shahabuddin on September 28 after his lawyer sought more time to defend his client.

In fresh trouble for RJD leader Mohd Shahabuddin, the mother of three youths, who were brutally killed by henchmen of the controversial politician, has moved the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of bail granted to him in the case in which he has already been sentenced to life.