BS's amazing omission

IN Media Watch Briefs | 25/09/2016

Former RJP MP Shahabuddin's suspected involvement in the murder of Siwan journalist Rajdeo Ranjan has been making news practically every day. On Sept 14 the Indian Express reported that a shooter wanted in the killing, Mohammad Kaif, had been spotted with the leader after his release, last week Kaif surrendered and was sent to judicial custody. On Sept 23 the Supreme Court issued a notice to RJD minister Tej Pratap and Shahabuddin in this murder case. Yet incredibly Business Standard's interview with Shahabuddin today (September 25) asks him nothing at all about his alleged involvement in this case, even as his name figures in the FIR.

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