Mohd Kaif, who was absconding in journalist Rajdeo Ranjan murder case, surrendered before a court in Siwan on Wednesday and sent to judicial custody for two-weeks. Kaif, an alleged sharpshooter of RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin, was seen during the Siwan strongman's release from the Bhagalpur jail on September 10 and following him in the cavalcade towards Siwan.
Four days ago the Siwan police had attached properties of Kaif’s house in the case. Since then he has been evading arrest.
However, few days ago, three of his accomplices surrendered before the Siwan police.
While being absconding, Kaif had told local journalists in Siwan that he was “not a criminal or a shooter but a cricketer and he has been falsely implicated in journalist Rajdeo murder case”.
He even had circulated his photographs with journalist Rajdeo Ranjan at some function, saying he had good relation with the murdered journalist..
Shahabuddin too had said that the police had falsely implicated Mohd Kaif in the murder case.
“His name had cropped up in a case of scuffle with a villager...he is not a criminal but a cricketer”, said Shahabuddin.
However, the photographs of Kaif with Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav too had gone viral on social media and the opposition BJP had taken dig at the ruling party leader.
“I’m his [Shahabuddin] supporter and I’d gone there to receive him like others when he was released from the jail”, said Kaif.
