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Suspended MP Sanjay Sah drawn into Singhaniya murder probe

Suspended MP Sanjay Sah drawn into Singhaniya murder probe

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Suspended lawmaker Sanjay Sah. Photo: THT/ File

JANAKPURDHAM: Suspended lawmaker Sanjay Sah, accused of implanting a bomb in Janakpurdham in 2012, killing five persons, was drawn into the investigation into another yet-to-be-solved crime, murder of media entrepreneur Arun Singhaniya. Singhaniya, who was the chairman of Janakpur Today Communications Group, was shot dead at Shiva Chowk in Janakpur on March 1, 2010. Sah on Tuesday was brought to Janakpur from the Capital after Chandra Deep Yadav, alleged mastermind behind the murder, spoke of his role, police said. Yadav was arrested last week. Yadav told police that Sah, not him, was the one who planned the crime, police said. The suspended lawmaker was kept in the judicial custody in Kathmandu to probe into the bomb explosion. Sah is also a convict of two criminal cases — arms and ammunition case and public offence case. Sah had won the second Constituent Assembly election from Dhanusha-4 representing the Sadbhawana Party. His membership in the Parliament, however, was suspended after police accused him of the explosion and the Court subsequently sent him to the judicial custody, in May 2014.