Chargesheet against BJP MLA Sanjiv, 5 others in Niraj murder case

Shashank Shekhar

Dhanbad ( Jharkhand) :  Naming Jharia BJP MLA Sanjiv Singh  as the ‘main conspirator’  in the killing of former Dhanbad deputy mayor and  Congress leader  Niraj Singh killed, Dhanbad police on June 28, 2017, filed the chargesheet against 6 persons in the case in a Dhanbad court in Jharkhand.

The other five accused against whom  chargesheet has been filed are: Aman Singh (sharp shooter), Dablu Mishra,  Pintu Singh, Ranveer Singh and Sanjay Singh, all  stated to be very close to Singh mansion.BJP MLA Sanjiv Singh is at present lodged at Ranchi jail.

In the chargesheet filed by police, it has been stated that the BJP MLA got the Congress leader shot dead due to political enmity ( Neeraj was gaining political popularity and was to contest against present BJP MLA from Jharia seat) besides property dispute between the two families.

Police have recorded that though Bachha Singh (uncle of both Sanjiv and Niraj and former  minister of Jharkhand)  tried to  turn mediator to end the tension between the two first cousins and even took Neeraj to Singh mansion to patch up the differences between thetwo. But at Singh Mansion the short tempered  BJP MLA Sanjiv Singh even physically assaulted  the Congress leader after which  relation reached the nadir.

Though BJP MLA Sanjiv Singh was conspiring  to get Neeraj Killed  since  2016  but after his close pal Ranjay Singh was shot dead  in last week of January 2017 and suspecting his first cousin Neeraj was behind his killing, Sanjiv Singh allegedly contacted UP based sharpshooters to get him shot dead.

In the chargesheet, it has also been mentioned that investigation against 10 more persons including younger brother of Sanjiv Singh, Manish Singh, is  continuing.

It may be mentioned here  that  Neeraj Singh along with four others was shot dead near Steel Gate Dhanbad on Match 21, 2017, when all the five were returning  on a SUV  in the evening hours.