The Siwan administration on Thursday shifted RJD strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin to Bhagalpur Central jail under heavy security. He had been lodged in Siwan jail since August 2005.
The decision to shift him was taken on Wednesday after the raid on Siwan jail by the DM and SP who found that the former MP was holding darbar with a number of people waiting for their turn to meet him with their problems.
The Siwan DM Mahendra Kumar and SP Saurabh Sah raided the prison on Wednesday in connection with investigation into
the murder of a journalist Rajdeo Ranjan.
The call records of some of the suspects arrested after the Friday murder showed they received calls from the jail before and after the crime.
The top officials found 63 people who were waiting to meet Shahabuddin, who represented Siwan in lok Sabha four times as RJD nominee till 2009 and has been made a member of the aprty’s national executive committee.