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Mohammad Shahabuddin surrenders after SC cancels his bail

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Former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Member of Parliament Mohammad Shahabuddin has surrendered before a local court. “I don’t care about what people say. I respect the judiciary,” the former MP told reporters before surrendering. The Siwan-based don had been asked to surrender by the Supreme Court on Friday.

Shahabuddin was granted bail recently by the Patna High Court in the murder case of Rajiv Roshan, son of Siwan-based Chandrakeshwar Prasad and the sole eye-witness to the cold-blooded murder of his two younger brothers in Siwan.

A bench led by Justice P C Ghose said the SC is quashing the bail order after considering the facts of the case and evidence on record. The bench said Shahabuddin shall be taken into custody forthwith and be sent back to Bhagalpur jail. “The state government shall take all steps to comply with the orders of the court,” it said. The court has also asked for speeding up the murder trial against the gangster-turned-politician.

A former lawmaker, Mohammad Shahabuddin is accused in over 40 cases of murder, extortion and kidnapping. Shahabuddin walked out of prison on September 7 after 11 years, staging a massive show of strength and also challenging Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was credited with ending what many describe as the gangster-turned-politician’s reign of terror a decade ago.

The Patna High Court, in its bail order, considered the fact that the trial in Roshan murder case could not begin as Shahabuddin was jailed at Bhagalpur prison and enlarged him on bail.

The Nitish Kumar-led government pleaded to the SC not to ‘unleash’ the terror of the dreaded criminal on people of Bihar by allowing him to remain out on bail.

The court, however, said that a balance has to be maintained between Shahabuddin’s right to liberty and the apprehension expressed by state that free and fair trial was not possible with him remaining out of jail.

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