Lucknow: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to give former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya a clean chit in the murder case of Kunda Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul-Haque, sources said today. Sources said Raja Bhaiya has cleared a lie detector test conducted on him by the CBI, which submitted its results along with the probe report in a court in Lucknow today.
Mr Haque's wife Parveen Azad had accused Raja Bhaiya of being involved in the murder case. Raja Bhaiya, who has a lengthy criminal record, has denied the allegations against him, though he was forced to resign as Minister of Food and Civil Supplies from the Akhilesh Yadav government.
Mr Haque was killed on March 2 in Pratapgarh district where he had gone to probe a village headman's murder. An angry mob reportedly cornered him, and eight policemen who were with him allegedly abandoned him. Three bullets were fired - one killed Mr Haque; the other two killed headman Nanhe Yadav's brother.
The CBI had registered four cases pertaining to the three murders and booked Raja Bhaiya in one of them.
Mr Haque's wife Parveen Azad had accused Raja Bhaiya of being involved in the murder case. Raja Bhaiya, who has a lengthy criminal record, has denied the allegations against him, though he was forced to resign as Minister of Food and Civil Supplies from the Akhilesh Yadav government.
The CBI had registered four cases pertaining to the three murders and booked Raja Bhaiya in one of them.
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