CBI probe recommended into Ranvir Sena chief killing

June 06, 2012 12:41 pm | Updated July 12, 2016 12:28 am IST - Patna

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

Bowing to Opposition demands, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday recommended a CBI probe into the killing of Ranvir Sena supremo Bramheshwar Singh.

A decision to this effect was taken during a meeting Mr. Kumar had with top State police officials and Home Department officials at his residence on Wednesday morning.

State DGP Abhayanand and Principal Secretary of Home Department Aamir Subhani also attended the meeting.

“The Chief Minister has decided to hand over the murder case to CBI during the meeting”, an official spokesman told PTI .

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, LJP president Ram Vilash Paswan and Bihar Congress had demanded a CBI inquiry to probe the killing.

The Ranvir Sena chief was shot dead by gunmen while he was taking a stroll near his house in Khopira village in Bhojpur district on Friday last.

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