However, no eyewitnesses have been located and the CCTV installed in the shop closest to murder spot stopped working just three days before the attack. It is believed that the killers first stopped Ranjan and asked for his identity card before gunning him down. “There is just the need to tie evidence by way of recovering and matching of weapons used. Police on Sunday claimed to have made a breakthrough in the case of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan’s murder. Both are known associates of Mohammad Shahabuddin, a former RJD MP serving a life sentence for the murder of two brothers.

Source: Hindustan Times May 15, 2016 11:14 UTC