JD(U) MLC's husband in judicial custody, Gaya observes bandh
Efforts were on to trace Rakesh Ranjan Yadav alias Rocky Kumar Yadav, the absconding son of a JD(U) MLC in Bihar, in connection with murder case of 20-year-old Aditya Sachdeva even as a bandh was being observed in Gaya town on Monday in protest against the incident.
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Raids are being conducted at several places for tracing Rocky who has been absconding since the incident, Magadh Zone DIG Saurabh Kumar said.
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Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM)- VI Sanjay Kumar Jha remanded Bindeshwari Prasad Yadav and Rajesh Kumar to judicial custody after the duo were produced in the court, a day after they were arrested in connection with the murder case in which the prime accused Rakesh Ranjan Yadav alias Rocky Yadav, the MLC's son, is absconding.
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The two were being taken to Gaya Central Jail for interrogation, Magadh Zone DIG Saurabh Kumar said. In a related development, four friends of the murdered youth travelling with him in the car on Saturday night recorded their statements under section 164 of CrPC (recording of confessions and statements).
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Md Nasir, Md Kaifi, Ankit Kumar and Ayush Agrawal – all friends of Aditya Sachdeva, recorded their statements before the first-class judicial magistrate Rakesh Ranjan Singh narrating the sequence of events leading to their friend's murder by Rakesh Ranjan Yadav alias Rocky Yadav.
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Aditya was shot dead allegedly by Rocky Kumar Yadav, son of JD(U) MLC Manorama Devi, following a scuffle over the youngster and his friends overtaking their Range Rover SUV.Â