Shift Shahabuddin To Tihar to Ensure Free & Fair Trial, Says SC

The trial will be conducted through video conferencing from Tihar jail.

File image of former MP Mohammad Shahabuddin. (Photo: IANS)

• The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, directed that controversial RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin be shifted to Tihar Jail within a week from a prison in Bihar to ensure “free and fair trial” in the cases lodged against him.
• The order came on the pleas by Siwan-based Chandrakeshwar Prasad, whose three sons were killed in two separate incidents, and Asha Ranjan, the wife of scribe Rajdeo Ranjan who was murdered in Siwan, seeking shifting of the RJD leader from Siwan jail.
• The apex court said trial in the cases registered against Shahabuddin will be conducted through video conferencing from Tihar Jail.

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(With inputs from PTI.)