Will question Shahabuddin on two scribe murder suspects: Police

September 13, 2016 22:05

Siwan Police on Tuesday said it will serve notice and question Mohammad Shahabuddin in connection with two absconding suspects in the journalist Rajdeo Ranjan case.

"We have taken notice of photographs of suspect Mohammad Kaif and Mohammad Javed appearing in newspapers and video footage with Shahabuddin whicl his cavalcade travelling from Bhagalpur to Siwan and hectic search is on for them," Siwan Superintendent of Police Saurav Kumar Sah told PTI.

Mohammad Javed and Mohammad Kaif are wanted in connection with conspiracy against Rajdeo Ranjan on May 9 and the two remained at large before being seen with former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin on way home from Bhagalpur on Saturday last.

The Siwan SP said a notice would be served to Shahabuddin in this connection and he would also be questioned about the two suspects.

Earlier, Laddan Mian, a close aide of Shahabuddin was arrested in Siwan in connection with the killing of the journalist in a busy market place in Siwan on May 20. Sah said that security had been further tightened in the district.

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