Mahammed
Shahabuddin is classic example of Jungle Raj in the Lalu era. He first entered
the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1990 the year when Lalu had become the Chief
Minister of Bihar. He again won the seat in 1995. After this, he decided to
fight the Lok Sabha Election and won consecutive four terms – from 1996 to
2004. The end of Lalu era in Bihar also ended his political career. Recently, he was granted bail by the Patna High Court because of inefficiency of Nitish Kumar. Later, the Supreme Court of India cancelled the bail and asked the Bihar Government to send him again to the Jail.
In 2004 Lok
Sabha election, nine supporters of Om Prakash Yadav, a JDU candidate and
current BJP MP of Siwan, was brutally killed. Recently, a noted journalist
named Rajdev Yadav was killed in Siwan on the order of Shahabuddin. No one is
taking interest in that case. But, the most horrific incident was the killing of
three brothers – two of them were killed in 2004 and the third one who was the
sole eye witness was killed just three days before he was going record his
eyewitness account of the murder of his brothers. The killing of eyewitness
ensured Shahabuddin freedom. It should be noted that two of the brothers were
burnt alive by acid in 2004.
Profile of Shahabuddin
Shahabuddin was
born in 1967 in Pratapur village of Siwan district. He became a criminal
during college days and started a reign of terror in Siwan. At that time, Siwan
was a political strong hold of Communists and Shahabuddin was opposing them.
He fought 1990 Assembly election from Jiradei as an independent and won the seat. He soon joined Janta Dal and became the right hand of Lalu Prasad in Northern Bihar.
During Lalu
days, Shahabuddin had started to run a parallel administration in Siwan. No one
could dare to oppose him. He had full backing of Lalu Prasad Yadav. Even local
shop keepers were asked to put a photo of him in the shop as a token of
admission of his supremacy.
Shahabuddin is
married to Henna Shahab. The couple has a son, named Osama. Shahabuddin changed
his son's name to Osama after he heard about Osama Bin Laden.
Osama is
currently pursuing Law from Noida. He was named as the prime suspect in the
killing of Rajiv – the eldest son of Chanda Babu. Unfortunately, police couldn’t
touch him because now even Nitish Kumar is supporting Shahabuddin.
Battle with Bihar Police
Shahabuddin used
to beat police men openly during Lalu raj. Even IPS officers couldn’t dare to
say anything not likened by him. In 2001, Siwan police went to execute the
arrest warrant of Shahabuddin aide and district RJD President Manoj Kumar
Pappu. Seeing this, the RJD supporters beat policemen brutally. It was a blot
for the district police. Further, Shahabudedin slapped the police inspector amids hundreds of people. Bachchu Singh Meena, the IPS Officer who was sent to
Siwan just few days back heard this news and decided to take some action. He regrouped
the district police and took help from UP police also and went to the village
of Shahabuddin. A severe gun battle happened in which two police men were
killed.
Eight of dreaded Shahabuddin supporters/criminals were also killed in this gun battle. The
intention of police to kill Shahabuddin couldn’t materialize because somehow
Lalu managed to save him. Many AK- 47 and other sophisticated weapons were seized.
Lots of police
cases were filed against Shahabuddin after this firefight. Bachchu Singh Meena
was immediately transferred by Lalu, but by then he had done the damage to
Shahabuddin. Few years later, another IPS officer Ratna Sanjay did the final
blow to Shahabuddin. He along with Siwan DM C. K. Anil ensured that the birth place of the first President of India, Shri Rajendra Prasad, became free from the terror reign of Shahabuddin.
Ratna Sanjay and
C. K. Anil were also punished, this time by Nitish Kumar, for their action
against Shahabuddin. Though, it should be mentioned that Nitish Kumar took oath as the CM in November, 2005 and Shahabuddin was arrested in December. Since then, he was in jail.
The biggest
damage for the reputation of Shahabuddin came from Sudhir Kumar Singh, a Bihar Police Officer who
was posted in Siwan as a Dyputy Superitendent of Police.
Sudhir Kumar tried
to help Chanda Babu and convinced him to fight for the justice of his two sons
brutally killed by Shahabuddin. Shudhir even stayed at Chanda Babu home for few
days so that he can feel secure.
Shahabuddin after getting brutally thrashed by Sudhir Kumar |
Soon, Sudhir
Kumar got a chance to act against Shahabuddin, who was in Siwan jail at that
time. He was also an MP and was jailed because IPS Officer Ratna Sanjay had
found lots of evidences against him. Shahabuddin was creating ruckus in the
Siwan jail and there was a report that he was threatening an inmate.
Sudhir went to
the jail and brought Shahabuddin in the field so that all inmates can see what
is going to happen with him. Before so many inmates – majority of them
criminals and supporters of Shahabuddin – he beat the MP brutally.
Shahabuddin was not even able to walk after getting his due from hands of
Sudhir Kumar Singh. He got slipped disc problem and a court had to be
established in the Siwan jail for his cases – for speed trial.
Sudhir Kumar
Singh is from Khojagachhi village near Barbigha. He is a Bhumihar by caste. His
name will be remembered in the history of Bihar police because his one act made
people get rid of terror of Shahabuddin.
The recent chilling murder of Hindustan reporter Rajdev Yadav is seen as the return of Jungle Raj, at least in Siwan. Rajdev was murdered just because he had leaked a picture of a Nitish Kumar minister visiting the jail. In the picture, you can see the facilities provided to such a dreaded criminal by Nitish Kumar government.
Taking a look at caste equation, the majority of people killed by Shahabuddin are Yadav. However, in Bihar, Yadav feel aggrieved only when something happened or said to Lalu and his family. Other Yadavs don't matter for the community. Rajdev murder can be seen as an example.
Ever since coming out of the jail, Shahabuddin is attacking Nitish Kumar. In fact, he has made a mockery of the Nitish Kumar and his administration. There seems to be some rift developing in the Grand Alliance because of this issue. Further, a video shot has shown Mohammad Kaif, a dreaded criminal and sharp shooter, is seen with Shahabuddin. It should be noted that Md. Kaif is wanted in the murder of journalist Rajdev (Yadav) Ranjan.
This saga of Mohammad Kaif has further embarrassed Nitish Kumar when an image was leaked on Tweeter where this murderer is seen with none other than Tej Pratap Yadav, the son of Lalu Prasad and currently Health Minister to the Government of Bihar.
READ ALSO: Nitish Kumar & Lalan Singh Sister Relationship
The recent chilling murder of Hindustan reporter Rajdev Yadav is seen as the return of Jungle Raj, at least in Siwan. Rajdev was murdered just because he had leaked a picture of a Nitish Kumar minister visiting the jail. In the picture, you can see the facilities provided to such a dreaded criminal by Nitish Kumar government.
Reporter Rajdev Yadav was killed for leaking this picture |
Taking a look at caste equation, the majority of people killed by Shahabuddin are Yadav. However, in Bihar, Yadav feel aggrieved only when something happened or said to Lalu and his family. Other Yadavs don't matter for the community. Rajdev murder can be seen as an example.
Mohammad Kaif and Shahabuddin
Ever since coming out of the jail, Shahabuddin is attacking Nitish Kumar. In fact, he has made a mockery of the Nitish Kumar and his administration. There seems to be some rift developing in the Grand Alliance because of this issue. Further, a video shot has shown Mohammad Kaif, a dreaded criminal and sharp shooter, is seen with Shahabuddin. It should be noted that Md. Kaif is wanted in the murder of journalist Rajdev (Yadav) Ranjan.
This saga of Mohammad Kaif has further embarrassed Nitish Kumar when an image was leaked on Tweeter where this murderer is seen with none other than Tej Pratap Yadav, the son of Lalu Prasad and currently Health Minister to the Government of Bihar.
READ ALSO: Nitish Kumar & Lalan Singh Sister Relationship
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