Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the Bihar government will recommend a CBI inquiry into the killing of a journalist at Siwan in the state on May 13.
“A decision has been taken to send the inquiry into the killing of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan – the Siwan district bureau chief of Hindi daily ‘Hindustan’ – in Siwan to CBI at the request of his family. After following procedural code, the recommendation for CBI investigation would be handed over today itself,” Kumar told the media in Patna.
“... when I saw in the media the (journalist’s) family’s demand for a CBI probe, I personally asked the DGP to send a police team to acquaint the family with the probe.
The chief minister said no effort has been spared in investigating the killing of Rajdeo Ranjan and in the Gaya road rage incident.
“None should have any doubt that anybody would be protected in any crime ... In my government, nobody is above the law, irrespective of party affiliation or social standing.
We believe in the principle that police should conduct investigation in any crime independently and nobody should interfere in the probe process,” Kumar said.
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