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Shift Shahabuddin to Tihar Jail: SC
February 15, 2017
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that Rashtriya Janata Dal
(RJD) strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin be moved from Siwan (Bihar) to Tihar Jail
for a free and fair trial in the case relating to a journalist's murder.
Shahabuddin's
trial will be conducted through video conferencing and no special
treatment will be given to him in Tihar jail, said SC.
Asha
Ranjan, the wife of the deceased journalist, Ranjan Rajdeo, had filed a
plea stating that free and fair trial against Shahabuddin was not
possible if he remain lodged in the Bihar jail as witnesses would not be
able to depose against him with his goons threatening them.
Shahabuddin is facing trial in 45 criminal cases.
42-year-old
Rajdeo was shot dead in July last year at Phal Mandi near the Siwan
Railway Station, barely half-a-kilometre from the police station.
The Bihar Government had recommended the CBI to probe the case.
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