Patna, Aug 09: Bihar Police chief today denied allegations that fugitive RJD MP Mohammed Shahabuddin was not being arrested under pressure from RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav and said there was urgent need to probe the MP's links with inter-state and international criminal gangs. "We are working independently. We don't have to arrest Shahabuddin or allow him to roam free under anybody's pressure. We are working according to the law," Bihar Director General of Police D P Ojha, who had issued orders for the MP's arrest on July 30 in a case of alleged kidnapping and suspected murder, told a press conference here.
However, Bihar police does not so far have any concrete evidence of Shahabuddin's anti-national activities, he said.
He said he had on august one asked the state government to recommend a CBI inquiry into a bank robbery in March this year at Gopalganj by miscreants allegedly patronised by the Siwan MP as also his links with inter-state and international gangs.
"I expect a response from the government soon. We have information that Shahabuddin has close links with crime syndicates in Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai and some places outside India, but as of now we don't have any evidence to suggest that he is involved in anti-national activities," he said.
He also brushed aside allegations by some ruling RJD legislators that the police action against Shahabuddin was motivated. Shahabuddin had himself accused the DGP of being an agent of the BJP eyeing a gubernatorial post or preparing to contest the next Lok Sabha election after retirement.
Bureau Report