Siwan police today attached the property of Mohammad Kaif, an alleged sharpshooter and a suspect in the murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan, in connection with an earlier case of extortion.
A posse of policemen reached Kaif's house in Dakshin Tola and executed the property attachment order of the court. The process was carried out in presence of his family members.
"Police initiated action of property attachment in accordance with the court order," Siwan Superintendent of Police Saurav Kumar Sah said.
Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Arvind Kumar Singh had yesterday accepted the police's request and ordered the attachment of property of Kaif, an alleged sharpshooter who has been absconding, in the case of 'rangdari' (extortion) threat to a private engineering college.
A case of extortion was registered against Kaif alias Bunty and three others with town police station last month, the SP said.
Three others accused in the case surrendered in the CJM court today, but Kaif remained on the run.
Siwan police have been on the lookout for Kaif ever since a photograph of his with RJD strongman Mohammad Shahbuddin surfaced in the media, after the latter left Bhagalpur jail last week.
Kaif is a suspect in the killing of scribe Rajdeo Ranjan on May 13 in Siwan and was reportedly absconding along with Mohammad Javed, another suspect.
The SP has said till Wednesday the force was preparing to move the court for property attachment order against Kaif for allegedly killing Ranjan and the case of extortion, but after CBI formally took over the journalist murder case yesterday, the request at the court mentioned only the extortion case.
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