<p>The CBI today named former RJD MP and strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin as an accused in the journalist Rajdeo Ranjan murder case.<br /><br />As per the CBI Special court's order, Shahabuddin was produced in the court of Special Judge Anupam Kumari here through video-conferencing facility.<br /><br />Shahabuddin is the 10th accused in the murder case.<br /><br />The CBI Special court had on May 22 issued the production warrant against Shahabuddin on the plea of CBI to produce him through video-conferencing for trial.<br /><br />The CBI had also filed the application the same day for making Shahabuddin as an accused in the case.<br /><br />The CBI counsel submitted that it would soon file charge-sheet against Shahabuddin, who is currently lodged in high-security Tihar jail in the national capital.<br /><br />The premier investigating agency has already filed charge-sheet against seven accused persons in the case while two accused persons- Mohammad Javed and Mohammad Kaif- are on bail. Javed and Kaif are active members of Shahabuddin gang.<br /><br />The four-time RJD MP from Siwan is alleged to have been involved in the murder of Rajdeo 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 />Rajdeo Ranjan, district bureau chief of a Hindi daily was gunned down on May 13 last year and his wife has accused Shahabuddin of having a role in the killing.<br /><br />The Special court fixed June 9 as the next date for production of Shahabuddin in the case.</p>
<p>The CBI today named former RJD MP and strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin as an accused in the journalist Rajdeo Ranjan murder case.<br /><br />As per the CBI Special court's order, Shahabuddin was produced in the court of Special Judge Anupam Kumari here through video-conferencing facility.<br /><br />Shahabuddin is the 10th accused in the murder case.<br /><br />The CBI Special court had on May 22 issued the production warrant against Shahabuddin on the plea of CBI to produce him through video-conferencing for trial.<br /><br />The CBI had also filed the application the same day for making Shahabuddin as an accused in the case.<br /><br />The CBI counsel submitted that it would soon file charge-sheet against Shahabuddin, who is currently lodged in high-security Tihar jail in the national capital.<br /><br />The premier investigating agency has already filed charge-sheet against seven accused persons in the case while two accused persons- Mohammad Javed and Mohammad Kaif- are on bail. Javed and Kaif are active members of Shahabuddin gang.<br /><br />The four-time RJD MP from Siwan is alleged to have been involved in the murder of Rajdeo 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 />Rajdeo Ranjan, district bureau chief of a Hindi daily was gunned down on May 13 last year and his wife has accused Shahabuddin of having a role in the killing.<br /><br />The Special court fixed June 9 as the next date for production of Shahabuddin in the case.</p>