Santosh Thapa, the main accused in the Congress activist Buddeshwar Mukhi better known as Shanbabu murder case in Adityapur, surrendered before the chief judicial magistrate in Seraikela on Tuesday afternoon.
Thapa (35) who is a resident of Dhirajganj in Adityapur was brain behind the Congress activist’s murder and was absconding ever since the murder was committed on June 15.
Officer-in-charge, Adityapur police station Arvind Kumar said that Santosh Thapa has surrendered in the Seraikela court.
“We were conducting raids to nab Thapa ever since Shanbabu murder. We had also prayed the court for issuing Rs kurki-jabti' warrant against Thapa while intensifying raids in different cities, including Patna, Gaya and in cities in Uttar Pradesh,” said Kumar.
The officer-in-charge said that they would soon pray the court for granting five-days police remand so that they may take the prime accused in the Shanbabu murder case for some unsolved question.
“As per our probe he has links with several crimes that took place in Jamshedpur too. We will try to know whether a city-based businessman and his brother were behind the murder of Shanbabu. One of the arrested persons in the case, Chhotu Ram, has already divulged that the city-based businessman and\his brother were behind the Congress activist's murder. Once Thapa divulges the same we will arrest the businessman and his brother soon,” said Kumar.Shanbabu (50), who was a resident of Dhirajganj in Adityapur was shot dead while he was on a walk at the Adityapur toll bridge on June 15. The police had registered a case of murder and conspiracy against nine persons, including Thapa and the businessman and his brother on an FIR lodged by Ritika Mukhi, the widow of Shanbabu.