NIA Finds Politician-Underworld Nexus In Munger Arms Case

NIA Finds Politician-Underworld Nexus In Munger Arms Case

New Delhi/Patna: Links between politicians and the underworld have once again surfaced during the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) raids at the residence of an LJP leader in its probe into the alleged Munger arms seizure case in Bihar. According to a senior NIA official, Hulas Pandey, a former Janata Dal-United (JD-U) MLC and currently a Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader, has emerged as a figure with the underworld as his elder brother Narendra Pandey a.k.a. Sunil Pandey, a former JD-U MLA from Piro in Bhojpur district of Bihar, was once a close aide of criminal-turned-politician from Siwan, Mohammad Shahabuddin, who is currently lodged in Delhi’s high-security Tihar jail.

An NIA official said that Hulas Pandey’s brother Sunil Pandey was a close associate of Shahabuddin in the 1990s. Sunil Pandey is also one of the founders of the upper caste Ranveer Sena militia, which was accused of carrying out massacres in several parts of Bihar in the 90s. According to the NIA official, Sunil Pandey had flashed his AK-47 rifle in 1994 in Bihar’s Bhojpur during one of the meetings of the Ranveer Sena. The official said that the police had earlier also recovered an AK-47 rifle from a close associate of Sunil Pandey. Sunil Pandey parted ways with Shahabuddin after the murder of one Mohammad Sillu.

The NIA raided 12 locations in Bihar’s Patna, Buxar, Bhojpur, Rohtas and Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Thursday and recovered cash worth Rs 29 lakh and also seized one rifle along with various cartridges, four laptops, five hard disks, 12 pen drives, 12 mobile phones and one computer. (IANS)

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