<div align="justify">The CBI today took custody of RJD leader Shahabuddin whose name has cropped up as an accused in journalist Rajdeo Ranjan murder case.<br /><br />CBI sources said Shahabuddin has been brought to the agency headquarter for questioning in this case. Shahabuddin was lodged in Tihar prison.<br /><br />The agency has told a Muzaffarpur court that his name has surfaced as an accused in the case and it needs his custodial interrogation.<br /><br />The agency was granted the permission by the court to question him.<br /><br />The four-time RJD MP from Siwan is alleged to have been involved in the murder of Ranjan, a journalist of a prominent Hindi daily in Siwan last year.<br /><br />Shahabuddin is facing trial in more than 45 criminal cases and was moved to Tihar Jail in February this year on a Supreme Court order on a plea by Siwan native Chandrakeshwar Prasad, whose three sons were killed in two separate incidents.<br /><br />Ranjan was gunned down on May 13 last year and his wife has accused Shahabuddin of having a role in the killing.</div>
<div align="justify">The CBI today took custody of RJD leader Shahabuddin whose name has cropped up as an accused in journalist Rajdeo Ranjan murder case.<br /><br />CBI sources said Shahabuddin has been brought to the agency headquarter for questioning in this case. Shahabuddin was lodged in Tihar prison.<br /><br />The agency has told a Muzaffarpur court that his name has surfaced as an accused in the case and it needs his custodial interrogation.<br /><br />The agency was granted the permission by the court to question him.<br /><br />The four-time RJD MP from Siwan is alleged to have been involved in the murder of Ranjan, a journalist of a prominent Hindi daily in Siwan last year.<br /><br />Shahabuddin is facing trial in more than 45 criminal cases and was moved to Tihar Jail in February this year on a Supreme Court order on a plea by Siwan native Chandrakeshwar Prasad, whose three sons were killed in two separate incidents.<br /><br />Ranjan was gunned down on May 13 last year and his wife has accused Shahabuddin of having a role in the killing.</div>