CBI files 4 cases in UP official's murder case, Raja Bhaiya named in FIR

Allahabad, Mar 7: The Central Bureau of Investigation is sending its team to Raja Bhaiya's pocketborough Kunda tonight to record the statements of policemen and witnesses in the murders of the local Circle Officer Zia ul Haq, a village pradhan and his brother. Sources said, CBI may also question Raja Bhaiya, former UP minister, in connections with these murders. Two FIRs have been filed in the murder of CO Zia Ul Haq. The FIR filed by local police does not mention Raja Bhaiya, and only mentions the incident of robbery. The second FIR filed by Parveen Azad, widow of Zia Ul Haq, clearly names Raja Bhaiya among the conspirators who were behind the killings. The FIR against Raja Bhaiya mentions murder, criminal conspiracy and other charges under sections 147, 148, 506, 302 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code. PTI adds: The Centre on Thursday handed over to CBI the probe into the killings of Pratapgarh Deputy Superintendent Police Zia-ul-Haq and two others following a request from the Uttar Pradesh government. The name of 44-year-old former UP Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, who has a criminal record and has been jailed in the past, figures in the FIR lodged by the slain officer's wife Parveen Azad in which he has been accused of criminal conspiracy. Zia-ul-Haq, posted as Circle Officer in Kunda town, was allegedly killed by a mob in Pratapgarh when he had rushed there after village head Nanhe Yadav was shot dead over a land dispute. The village head's brother Suresh also died of gunshot wounds. Raja Bhaiya, who resigned from the UP Cabinet after his name cropped up in the case, has refuted the charge. Meanwhile, differences have cropped up between the slain UP officer's widow and his father over giving government jobs to five of the dependants. A newspaper report said, Parveen Azad has named several of her relatives from her parents' home on top, while relegating those from in-laws at the bottom. The state chief minister had promised to give government jobs to five of the dependants. Only two persons have been arrested so far, while the other killers are still absconding.