Patna: Prince Pandey, one of the accused in the murder of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh, was arrested near Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand, police said on Friday.
Prince Pandey was believed to be among those who shot Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh. He was arrested by a joint team of Bihar and Jharkhand police, following a tip-off from intelligence officials.
Brahmeshwar Singh was shot dead in Arrah town, district headquarters of Bhojpur, June 1 while on a morning walk.
He was the founder of the Ranvir Sena, an upper caste private militia that has been blamed for many killings....
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03:00 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Arrah: Bihar Police on Monday filed a chargesheet against six people in the killing of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh in a court in Bihar's Bhojpur district. The chargesheet was filed in the Chief Judicial Magistrate PK Ojha's court against the accused, one of whom is absconding. Hareram Pandey, Yogendra Pandey, Monu Pandey, Sunny Singh and Anil Pandey were either in jail or in custody, while Abhay Pandey was absconding....
04:07 PM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI facing shortage of investigators has asked Bihar Government to spare its police officers for the probe of Ranvir Sena supreme Bramheshwar Singh Mukhiya's murder. The central investigating agency has shown willingness to probe the murder provided it is assigned adequate man-power to work under CBI supervision during the investigation, sources said. The CBI has made similar request to the Uttar Pradesh government in the National Rural...
04:24 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Patna: An accused in the Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh alias Mukhiyaji murder case on Saturday surrendered before the Bhojpur district police chief MR Naik, a senior police official said. Sonu Chaudhary alias Mughal gave himself up at Nawada police station before Naik and was being questioned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with his alleged involvement in the Ranvir Sena chief murder case, the Additional Director General...
11:38 PM, Jun 09, 2012
Days after the Ranvir Sena chief was gunned down in Arrah, a Bihar minister has made an explosive remark, calling Brahmeshwar Mukhiya a Gandhian. ...
09:59 PM, Jun 09, 2012
Patna: Two persons were on Thursday arrested in connection with the murder of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh alias Mukhiyaji. Sunny Singh was arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) from a locality in Patna while Ritesh alias Monu was taken into custody from Bistupur locality in Jamshedpur, Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters) Ravindra Kumar said. The accused duo were taken to Arrah in Bhojpur district where they were...
09:26 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Patna: Fearing a revenge attack by supporters of slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh 'Mukhiya', a fresh alert has been sounded in Bihar's Magadh region, police said on Thursday. The state government has issued an alert to police chiefs of Patna, Jehanabad, Arwal, Aurangabad, Nawada and Gaya districts, fearing a backlash from the supporters of Brahmeshwar Singh, who was shot dead by unidentified men June 1. Brahmeshwar Singh, popularly called...
04:32 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Bihar's politics is once again on the boil following the sensational murder of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh, which has the potential to push the state back to the days when caste wars and massacres used to make news on a daily basis. Brahmehswar's killing on June 1 near his house in Khopira village of Nawada police station in Bihar's Bhojpur district was followed by violence and arson by his...
09:23 PM, Jun 06, 2012
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday called on Governor Devanand Konwar at the Raj Bhawan and understood to have discussed the law and order situation in the wake of the killing of the outlawed Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh alias 'Mukhiyaji' in Bhojpur district on June 1, official sources said. The Chief Minister reportedly apprised the Governor about the details of the killing and the measures taken by...
08:26 PM, Jun 06, 2012
Patna: A special investigation team (SIT) of the Bihar Police has detained a close aide of a ruling party legislator in connection with the June 1 killing of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh 'Mukhiya', police said on Wednesday. The SIT detained the close aide of Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Sunil Pandey late Tuesday night from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. "The arrested man is being brought to Bihar for interrogation. It is...
12:17 PM, Jun 06, 2012
Patna: Bowing to opposition demands, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday recommended a CBI probe into the killing of Ranvir Sena supremo Brahmeshwar Singh. A decision to this effect was taken during a meeting Kumar had with top state police officials and home department officials at his residence this morning. State director general of police Abhayanand and principal secretary of home department Aamir Subhani also attended the meeting. "The...
10:30 AM, Jun 06, 2012
Patna: The last rites of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh will be held on Saturday evening in Arrah in Bihar. Violent protests had followed the killing of Brahmeshwar Mukhiya on Friday but the situation calmed down by late evening. As soon as the news of his killing spread on Friday, thousands of his supporters had gathered, shouting anti-government slogans and then attacked government building including the residence of the District...
11:29 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: A high alert has been sounded across Bihar following the murder of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh on Friday morning. Eight companies of police personnel have been deployed and curfew was clamped in Arrah to control the law and order where Singh's supporters clashed with police, and damaged public and private property while protesting against the murder. The curfew was lifted in the afternoon after the situation was...
02:43 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Friday said that the murder of now defunct Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh should not be politicised. Lalu also commented that there is no law and order in the state. "Ranvir Sena Chief Mukhiaji is not a small name amongst the farmers of Bihar. The people in the area and across the state are very upset, " pointed Lalu. The RJD chief also demanded...
12:59 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Arrah: A curfew has been imposed in Arrah in Bihar after protests against the killing of the chief of the now defunct Ranvir Sena Brahmeshwar Singh on Friday. Eight companies of police personnel and senior officials have been rushed to Arrah. Brahmeshwar Singh was shot dead earlier on Friday morning when he went out for a morning walk. Angry supporters set two tankers and an auto on fire and chased...
11:00 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh was shot dead on Friday morning when he stepped out of his house for a morning walk. The police say a probe is on to find out the culprit. Singh was on a morning walk when he was accosted by gunmen who pumped several bullets into him, killing him on the spot at Katira Mohalla under Nawada police station, 71 kms from Patna,...
08:43 AM, Jun 01, 2012
