SDJM deposes in former minister murder case

Patna, Feb 22 (UNI) Sub-Divisonal Judicial Megistrate (SDJM) of Jhanjharpur Bimal Kumar Sinha today deposed as a witness in the much- hyped murder case of former Bihar minister Brij Bihari Prasad in a local sessions court here.

While deposing before additional district and sessions judge of Patna S P N Singh, Mr Sinha said he had recorded the statement of four witnesses.

Mr Sinha was posted as a first class judicial magistrate here in 1998.

Former Science and Technology Minister Brij Bihari Prasad was shot dead on the premises of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) here in 1998.

LJP MP Suraj Bhan Singh, MLAs Bijay Kumar Shukla and Shashi Kumar Rai and former MLA Rajan Tiwary were among the several accused facing the trial in the case.

UNI