Story of their Assassins continues ………….

An example of one such gruesome crime is the case in which he was accused of killing three brothers by giving them an acid bath. The police declared him a habitual offender and opened his history sheet. Notwithstanding his criminal record, he entered politics and contested the Bihar assembly elections in 1990 and won. He was elected again as a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) in 1995. His political stature grew when he was given a ticket by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president, Lalu Prasad Yadav, in the parliamentary elections of 1996. Given his reign of terror in Siwan—his home constituency—he won the elections comfortably and became an MP. Riding the wave of his political success, he became a law unto himself in Siwan and often came into confrontation with the local police and government officials. He assaulted policemen with impunity and is known to have fired at them on several occasions.

In March 2001, Sanjiv Kumar, a police officer who had gone to serve a warrant of arrest to MS’s party worker, Manoj Kumar Pappu, was slapped by the don. MS’s men brutally beat up several policemen accompanying Sanjiv Kumar. The cops had to beat a hasty retreat but soon regrouped. Reinforcements were called, some even from the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh. The Siwan police, with an adequate force at their command, raided MS’s fortress-like house. In the extensive armed exchange that followed, two policemen and eight of MS’s men were killed. Three AK-47s and other automatic weapons were found near the dead bodies of MS’s men. MS, along with those of his men still alive, escaped, setting fire to three police jeeps and firing continuously to cover their movement. Neither MS nor Manoj Kumar could be arrested. After this episode, several more cases were filed against MS, but he always absconded.


To be continued ………….