New Delhi: Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh, alias Raja Bhaiya, will be questioned by CBI on Wednesday in connection with the murder of a village head and subsequently a police official. CBI sources said 44-year-old Raja Bhaiya, who is prime accused in the FIR registered by Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq's wife Parveen Azar, has been summoned by the agency for questioning in connection with the larger conspiracy related to the murder of Balipur village head Nanhe Yadav.
Last month, CBI had arrested one Bhulle Pal, a security guard with the then State Minister Raja Bhaiya, who allegedly led a mob, enraged by the killing of Yadav, to kill the police officer.
Raja Bhaiya has denied any association with Pal. CBI has also taken into custody Rajeev Singh and Guddu Singh who are considered close to the minister.
In the FIR filed on the basis of a complaint by Parveen Azad, it has been alleged that "on the directions of Raja Bhaiya, Nagar Panchayat Chairman Gulshan Yadav, minister's representative Hari Om Srivastava, his driver Rohit Singh and supporter Guddu Singh first assaulted my husband with sticks and rods and later shot him dead."...
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11:06 PM, May 14, 2013
Pratapgarh: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested Babloo Yadav, son of deceased village pradhan Nanhe Yadav, claiming he was directly involved in the killing of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Zia-ul-Haque. The accused has reportedly confessed to shooting the DSP, but further probe is on. Parveen Azad, Haq's wife, had alleged hand of the controversial UP politician Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya in the murder. The...
04:48 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Deoria: Parveen Azad, wife of slain DSP Zia-ul-Haq on Thursday said she felt the need for Supreme Court supervision of the CBI inquiry into her husband's death and was taking legal opinion in this regard. Azad told reporters that she was feeling the need for supervision by the apex court so that Haq's case "may not take 30 years like the murder case of former DSP KP Singh", who was...
09:44 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Parveen Azad, wife of the slain Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq, is scheduled to depose before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday. Akshay Pratap, cousin of former cabinet minister Raja Bhaiya, who was forced to resigned after Azad named him in the FIR, was questioned by the investigative agency. ...
08:51 AM, Mar 31, 2013
Differences have cropped up between the father and wife of slain Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq. The father of the slain policemen has accused his daughter-in-law Dr Parveen Azad of keeping all the relief money with herself and not sharing the amount with the family. ...
09:50 PM, Mar 14, 2013
A ten-member Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team questioned local police officers in Kunda, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday in connection with the murder of DSP Zia-ul-Haq a week ago. The Station Officer, who had called circle officer Zia-Ul-Haq, is being questioned as are other policemen who were with him when he went to control a frenzied mob. ...
05:12 PM, Mar 09, 2013
The widow of slain police officer Zia-Ul-Haq has refused to accept the job offered by the Uttar Pradesh government saying that she would not accept anything other than a DSP's post. Parveen Azad who has been maintaining distance from the media, on Saturday told the visiting leader of Loktantrik Congress Harishanka Tewari that she would not accept any job less than DSP. ...
04:45 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday met the family of slain DSP Zia-ul-Haq at his native village and extended his condolences over the police officer's murder. ...
02:50 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav met slain DSP Zia-ul-Haq's wife Dr Parveen Azad on Monday and assured her of a probe by the CBI. Haq's wife had earlier threatened to commit suicide if a CBI probe was not ordered into her husband's murder. ...
06:21 PM, Mar 04, 2013
