Mohd Shahabuddin brought to Delhi from Siwan Jail(Bihar), he will be taken to Tihar Jail on SC orders pic.twitter.com/z9YUp0SpMB— ANI (@ANI_news) February 19, 2017NEW DELHI: Former RJD MP and Siwan strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin has been brought to Delhi on Sunday from the Beur Central Jail amid high security. He will be taken to Tihar jail shortly as per the order of the Supreme Court, ANI reported.An armed contingent of around 30 police personnel escorted the RJD leader to Delhi on board S-2 coach of Sampurna Kranti Express from platform No. 2 of the Rajendra Nagar terminal in Patna (Bihar).Shahabuddin is being shifted to Tihar jail following the February 15 order of a division bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Deepak Mishra and Justice Amitava Roy. While Shahabuddin and four others have been awarded life imprisonment for Satish and Girish's murder, charges have been framed against the former in the Rajeev murder case on January 5.Earlier, in a highly covert operation Shahabuddin was moved out of Siwan district jail around 2.30am on Saturday and shifted to the Beur jail here by road amidst tight security. On his arrival at the Beur jail at 6am, he was kept in the general ward for several hours before finally being taken to Delhi.Senior police officials at the state police headquarters here held a meeting to decide on the course of action to shift Shahabuddin from the Siwan district jail to the Beur jail and thereafter to the Tihar jail to comply with the Supreme Court order.

Source: Times of India February 19, 2017 03:30 UTC