Brother of BJP MLA murder accused surrenders in court

Jaunpur, Aug 3 (UNI) The brother of Prem Prakash Singh alias Munna Bajrangi, prime accused in the assassination of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai, has surrendered in another murder case.

Official sources today said Bajrangi's brother Bhuwal alias Guddu surrendered in the court of chief judicial magistrate Banshraj yesterday. He was remanded in 14 days judicial custody.

Guddu is accused in the murder of Nirbhay of Puredayal in Sureri area here, who was killed on April 23 last.

Police had conducted several raids to nab Guddu, however, he managed to evade arrest.

Meanwhile, Bajrangi is also absconding in the MLA murder case.

Ruling Samajwadi Party MP Afzal Ansari, his younger brother and don-turned-Independent MLA from Mau Mukhtar Ansari and their brother-in-law Ejaj are other 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 assailants armed with sophisticated weapons.

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

The Ansari brothers and Ejaj are currently lodged in Ghazipur district jail.

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