Jharkhand CM never asked cops not to arrest BJP MLA Sanjiv: DIG

Shashank Shekhar

Dhanbad ( Jharkhand) : Believing in delivery rather than talking loud, a IIT Kanpur product and now coalbelt DIG,  Saket Singh does not hesitate to point failures  of police nor shies away from stating that Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das never put any pressure on police in former Dhanbad deputy Mayor Niraj Singh murder case.

Just few hours before the  arrest of BJP MLA Sanjiv Singh after the warrant of arrest was taken   from court, Chief minister house and Jharkhand DGP were informed that as Sanjiv Singh was the  main conspirator against whom there solid evidences, the BJP MLA is to be nabbed.

When told that Dhanbad police earned bad name due to this murder, the DIG said, ” Look police have two major roles to play ‘Prevention and Detection ‘ of  any crime or incident. As far as prevention is concerned, it is true the murder took place in heart of city and the killers escaped but as far as  detection  is concerned  the case has almost cracked minus few holes here and there which  will be completed in next few days as  police has found the arms used in murder, phones used in the killing, vehicles  used and people involved and houses where the conspiracy was hatched identified.

The killing took place  at Dhanbad Steel gate which police patrol team had visited few minutes earlier but failed to prevent the killing or identify waiting criminals. After the killing, the shooters escaped  on motorcycles and within 3 minutes  covered 1 km distance and then left the two wheelers  and from there were provided new vehicle on the direction of the main conspirator whose phone calls details and meeting with  those involved in the killing tell the whole story. So within 5 minutes, the  killers escaped  but after logical,  scientific and professional  investigation started, police started getting vital clues  and now the police has almost cracked the case with enough proof  to prove how the BJP MLA Sanjiv Singh got his cousin Niraj killed, the DIG said.

When asked whether there any confusion between CM appointed SIT  led by ADG Ajay Kumar and Dhanbad police over investigation, the DIG sai, ” No, I and other cops worked under the leadership  of CID ADG Ajay Singh and are still working while CID sleuths are also working on the case separately and that the reason the case is almost solved. ” As far as demand for CBI inquiry into the murder is concerned, the victim’s family has  every right to demand and who are we to stop them,” said the DIG.

When told that there was rumour that CM Raghubar Das had asked him not to  arrest  BJP MLA Sanjiv Singh, the DIG  strongly refuted it.” This  is  not correct  and I can openly declare to state  that CM Raghubar Das  never put  any pressure on me  or directed me not to arrest Sanjiv Singh. He definitely was worried about the murder and took information  about progress of the investigation into the case asking for early detection,” DIG Singh said. Once the chief minister was informed  as who were involved in the murder, the chief minister never interfered in the matter and always asked  for early arrest of all those involved in the crime, the DIG said.