Sc orders to shift mohammad shahabuddin from siwan to tihar jail

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The Supreme Court will today pronounce its judgement on the plea filed by Asha Ranjan, wife of slain journalist Rajdeo Ranjan, seeking shifting of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) strongman


Mohammad Shahabuddin from the Siwan jail in Bihar to Tihar Central Jail in New Delhi for a free and fair trial in the case relating to her husband's murder. Jail, Delhi The Supreme


Court ordered on Wednesday that Mohammad Shahabuddin be shifted from Siwan (Bihar) to Tihar. It also said that no special treatment should be given to him. It also ordered to conduct the


trial through video conferencing The Supreme Court pronounced its judgement on the plea filed by Asha Ranjan, wife of slain journalist Rajdeo Ranjan, seeking shifting of Rashtriya Janata Dal


(RJD) strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin from the Siwan jail in Bihar to Tihar Central Jail in New Delhi for a free and fair trial in the case relating to her husband's murder. Asha Ranjan


had earlier filed a plea stating that free and fair trial against Shahabuddin was not possible if he remain lodged in the Bihar jail as witnesses would not be able to depose against him


with his goons threatening them. Shahabuddin is facing trial in 45 criminal cases. 42-year-old Ranjan, the bureau chief of _The Hindustan_, was shot dead in July last year at Phal Mandi near


the Siwan Railway Station, barely half-a-kilometre from the police station. The Bihar Government had recommended the Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) to probe the case. The case came into


limelight again after a photograph appeared in the media showing murder suspects Mohammad Kaif and Mohammad Javed with gangster-politician Mohammed Shahabuddin after his release from jail.


Kaif, however, later rubbished all accusations against him and said he has no involvement in Rajdeo's murder case. _With inputs from ANI._