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Shibu Soren appears before court in Kurko murder case | Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren appeared before a local court here on Saturday in connection with the 1974
Kurko murder case. Additional District and Sessions Judge N N Singh concluded
the hearing after Soren's counsel Sanjay Singh completed his argument in the case.
Singh reserved the judgement till 17th April. It was Soren's second appearance
before the court after swearing in as the chief minister of the state on 30th
December. His earlier appearance was on February 3. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)
Chief Soren is an accused along with some others, who had allegedly murdered Balbir
Rai of Kurko village in Giridih District, for killing a goat. The FIR, filed by
Bahadur Singh, accused Soren of leading the group that allegedly killed Khirodar
Singh and Chundi Singh following the slaughter of a goat while another person
went missing. Soren is accused in the double murder case, which took place at
Kudko village in Giridih district on April 15, 1974 over slaughtering of a goat
by a group of persons. The FIR, which was filed by one Bahadur Singh, accused
Soren of heading a group that allegedly killed Khirodar Singh and Chundi Singh
following the slaughter of a goat while another person went missing. The charge-sheet
was filed in 1978 and Soren is the sole accused now since eight others were acquitted
in 1986. |
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