CBI starts probe in BJP MLA murder case

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Ghazipur, UP, June 24 (UNI) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today started its probe in the assassination of local BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai.

On a writ petition filed by Rai's widow Alka, the Allahabad High Court on May 23 had directed the Uttar Pradesh government to hand over the probe to CBI.

Ruling Samajwadi Party MP Afzal Ansari, his younger brother and don-turned-Independent MLA from Mau Mukhtar Ansari are prime accused in the case.

Rai, an MLA from Mohammadabad assembly constituency in Ghazipur district, and his seven supporters were shot dead in broad daylight in Ghazipur on November 29, 2005.

They were ambushed near the Ballia-Ghazipur border by several motorcycle-borne miscreants armed with sophisticated weapons.

Later, an FIR was lodged against 10 persons including Afzal, Mukhtar and notorious east UP gangster Munna Bajrangi in connection with the killing. Afzal surrendered in the court on December 8.

The Ansaris and their brother-in-law Ejaj are currently lodged in the district jail in the case.

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