CBI chargesheets Mohammad Shahabuddin in journalist murder

The CBI on Tuesday filed chargesheet against former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin and six others for the murder of Rajdev Ranjan. Ranjan, who was the Siwan bureau chief of Hindi daily Hindustan, was shot dead on May 13, 2016, while he was returning home after work. The chargesheet said Shahabuddin, who was in Siwan jail, conspired to eliminate Ranjan as he had been writing against him.

The CBI has charged Shahabuddin, currently in Tihar jail, under sections of the Indian Penal Code that relate to criminal conspiracy and murder and provisions of Arms Act, a statement from the agency said in New Delhi today.

Shahabuddin is facing trial in more than 45 criminal cases and was moved to Tihar Jail in February on a Supreme Court order following a plea by Siwan native Chandrakeshwar Prasad, whose three sons were killed in two separate incidents.