Just 5 km from Pratappur, the village of Mohd. Shahabuddin, Chanda Babu rues that the bail order 'is nothing less than my death sentence'.

Three young sons of 70-year old Babu were allegedly murdered by henchmen of Shahabuddin, former Rashtriya Janata Dal MP from Siwan, reports The Hindu.

Shahabuddin is out on bail in the murder of Rajiv Roushan, Chanda Babu's eldest son. Roushan was an eyewitness to the murder of his two brothers.

Chandrakeshwar Prasad, as Chanda Babu's full name goes, lives with his ailing wife Kalawati Devi and a disabled son in a one room hovel in Siwan town.

'My sons Girish and Satish were kidnapped in 2004 by Shahabuddin's men and killed by pouring acid at Pratappur. Rajiv, the elder son, was kidnapped but he escaped. When he returned to Siwan in 2014, he too was murdered,' says Chanda Babu.

Rajiv was killed in front of his father just 21 days after his marriage.

'I've lost everything. What else is there to fear,' he asks.

Once a well-known businessman, Chanda Babu is in penury, with a broken leg and a hand.

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