Sapna Thakur
MOTIHARI (Bihar) : Was Tunna Singh wrongly framed in Pakaridyal shootout, which occurred on January 19, 2017 killing three and injuring one including a vice chairman of Nagar Parishad of Pakaridyal. During interrogation of Sigh it came to light that Singh was in a Agra based hotel at the time of incident occurred in Pakaridyal. The
CCTV footage and mobile cell number location substantiates Singh’s version, who however is a veteran and most sought after criminal of Champaran.
If it is true then it is a bigger question mark on the working style and investigation mode of district police, who ever has been under fire for its functioning either for under political influence or any other interests best known to them .
After Pakaridyal, Police announced that one SP Singh has been arrested from Shivhar district,while he was being interrogated in other extortion case in Chiraiya police station, who was later on remanded in extortion case not Pakaridyal shoot out as propagated in Hindi media quoting local police.
Although, the statements of Tunna Singh is yet to be co-related with the circumstantial evidence of incident sites and the hotel, where he is said to be present at the time of incident but it is evident that Motihari police use to declare, as has it ‘modus operandi’, the name of criminals involved in the every incidents soon after it occurred. Looking back at the modus operandi of the functioning of other major incident in the district. See one of the named accused Pappu Pandey, a village head of a neighboring Panchayat of Kunda Chairnpur, who actually belongs to Rupani village under Patahi police station have never been made accused in even section under 107 before the incident of Kappor’s father.
The same condition is with many other named accused in this case. Like wise killing of Birendra Thakur, police have no evidence in the case of Rajkapoor, which will help them to be exonerated from court.
Tunna Singh was arrested by town inspector Ajay Kumar, who led a police team raiding Thikaha Bhawanipur village under Sangrampur police station . His presence in Agara at the time of incident bear out the apprehension of a top police officer of Pakaridyal, who right from the beginning was on the stand that Pakaridyal incident was handi work of other criminals not Tunna as he was framed. STF and SIT is interrogating singh.
Despite all the circumstances, Tunna arresting is being acknowleged as ‘big catch’. His involved in four murder in sirha and double murder in srikrishnagar and other can’t be overlooked. Scrupolus officials like Pakaridyal DSP Vijay Yadav and town inspector Ajay Kumar line of investigation needs to be followed to get off this menace.