bihar: Court to decide next move after shahabuddin declines lie detector test
Former MP and senior RJD leader Md Shahabuddin, accused of several crimes, including the killing of Siwan scribe Rajdeo Ranjan, is not cooperating with the CBI, which consequently pressed for further extension of his remand. Rajdeo was shot dead on May 13 last year near Siwan railway station.
The CBI officials also requested the court for its ruling on the issue of conducting scientific test like polygraphy, narco and brain mapping tests of the RJD strongman.
Shahabuddin appeared before the special CBI court of north Bihar at Muzaffarpur on Friday after an eight-day remand through video conferencing in the scribe murder case, where the special court of Anupama Kumari heard the matter of extension of remand of the former MP.
CBI officials had earlier petitioned the court requesting to extend the remand period for four more days, alleging that the accused had refused to cooperate during interrogation in the remand period granted by the court.
The court, which heard the arguments of the counsel from both sides for nearly half an hour fixed June 15 as the next date of hearing in the case.
It also questioned the former MP on certain points during his appearance, which lasted for nearly five minutes.
The court also tried to know the former MP’s mind on whether he would consent to scientific tests on which Shahabuddin did not reply either way.
Shahabuddin, however, denied all allegations of non-cooperation with the CBI, saying that the CBI officials had quizzed him on 50 points.
“I have answered its question to the best of my knowledge. There is no question of non-cooperation with it, answered the former MP before the court,” said advocate for defence, Sharad Sinha.
Sinha added that all the other accused would also be produced before the court on June 15.
Shahabuddin is, presently lodged in Tihar jail following a Supreme Court order to the Bihar government to shift him on the basis of plea from Ranjan’s widow and other petitioners, including Chandrakeshwar Singh, whose three sons were allegedly eliminated by the ex-MP.
