BJP MLA Sanjiv Singh surrenders in Congress leader NirajSingh murder case

Shashank  Shekhar

Dhanbad ( Jharkhand) : Twentyone days after gruesome murder of former Dhanbad deputy mayor and congress leader Niraj Singh, Jharia (Dhanbad) BJP MLA Sanjiv Singh, one of the key accused in the murder case, surrendered at Saraidhela police station on April 11, 2017, after  warrant  of arrest was issued  against him by a Dhanbad court the same day.

Police sources started that  as soon as  warrant was procured by  Saraidhela police inspector Niranjan  Tewary, the investigating officer (IO) of the murder case,  from Dhanbad court at about 12 noon and six teams of  cops  of different locations took off  to ‘Singh mansion’ (Jharia)  and even Kunti Niwas (Saraidhela –Dhanbad), Sanjiv Singh with dozens of his supporters rushed to Saraidhela police station and surrendered there.

Talking to the Speed Post News Network, Coal belt DIG Saket Singh, who also rushed to Dhanbad from Bokaro, said that the BJP MLA Sanjiv Singh surrendered  at Saridhela police station on April 11 after coming to know that court has issued  warrant of arrest against him. “Police will  once again interrogate Sanjiv Singh whose name figures as main accused in FIR filed in Neeraj Singh murder case,” said DIG Singh.

Saraidhela inspector and IO the case Niranjan Tewary had on April 10, 2017, prayed for warrant before the court citing forensic science laboratory report for arrest of Sanjiv Singh, which was allowing on April 11. It may be mentioned here  that Congress leader Neeraj Singh was shot dead  on March  21, 2017, night along with three others at Dhanbad.