CBI raids house of Siwan scribe murder case suspect

Alok Mishra
Siwan: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team on Thursday conducted raid at the house of one of the suspects in Siwan journalist Rajdeo Ranjan murder case, Mohd Javed, at Shukul Toli. Javed’s name along with that of Mohd Kaif alias Bunty had cropped up as suspects in the murder of Siwan Bureau Chief, Hindustan, Rajdeo Ranjan, who was gunned down near Fruit Market in Siwan on May 13 this  year.
Sources said that the CBI sleuths  could not find anything at Javed’s house, who is absconding. It may be mentioned here that Kaif, a sharp shooter, had surrendered before a local court on September 21. Siwan police had earlier
attached his property in connection with a case related to rangdari and assault lodged with the Town police station.

The Siwan police had earlier claimed that Rohit, who alon with four others was arrested after Rajdeo’s murder, had received the contract to kill Rajdev. He was provided a country-made pistol by his mentor and sharp-shooter Laddan Mian for the job. Laddan, the alleged conspirator and a notorious contract killer in Siwan, later surrendered before the court. He had earlier worked for Shahabuddin, who was recently released from the Bhagalpur Central Jail on bail.