RANCHI: The special MP/MLA court here on Saturday convicted former JMM MLA Paulus Surin and extremist Jaitha Kachhap in a double-murder case, which was registered with the Karra police station in Jharkhand’s Khunti district on May 25, 2013. Surin also had allegiance with the left-wing extremists before joining politics.
The court of additional judicial commissioner Dinesh Kumar convicted Surin and Kachhap under Section 302 of IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act.Arguments on the point of sentencing is fixed on April 10.
Social worker Bhushan Kumar Singh and Ram Govind were playing cards near the home of the former in an afternoon in the summer of 2013 when four extremists approached them and started firing indiscriminately, leading to their deaths.
Paulus often used to blame Singh for being a police informer and had asked him to stay away from such activities. The case was heard for three years in a Khunti court before it was transferred to the special MP/MLA court. Surin had represented the Torpa assembly constituency of the state. Public prosecutor Pushpa Sinha said as many as 12 prosecution witnesses were examined to establish the argument against the convicted duo. She said there were six accused in the case, of whom four, including three women, were discharged because of lack of evidence.
The court of additional judicial commissioner Dinesh Kumar convicted Surin and Kachhap under Section 302 of IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act.Arguments on the point of sentencing is fixed on April 10.
Social worker Bhushan Kumar Singh and Ram Govind were playing cards near the home of the former in an afternoon in the summer of 2013 when four extremists approached them and started firing indiscriminately, leading to their deaths.
Paulus often used to blame Singh for being a police informer and had asked him to stay away from such activities. The case was heard for three years in a Khunti court before it was transferred to the special MP/MLA court. Surin had represented the Torpa assembly constituency of the state. Public prosecutor Pushpa Sinha said as many as 12 prosecution witnesses were examined to establish the argument against the convicted duo. She said there were six accused in the case, of whom four, including three women, were discharged because of lack of evidence.