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Amarnath Tewary

New Bihar Law Minister wanted in a kidnapping case, CM Nitish says ‘no information’

A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Kartikeya Singh alias Master Saheb took oath as new Law Minister in the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ Cabinet led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, controversy erupted on August 17 as an arrest warrant was issued against him in an old kidnapping case.

However, Mr. Kartikeya Singh’s lawyer Madhusudan Sharma, later told mediapersons that the “police in their last charge sheet  have absolved Mr. Singh from the case and the court granted interim protection till September 1, 2022”. 

Mr. Kartikeya Singh, said to be close to imprisoned bahubali (strongman) RJD leader and MLA from Mokama, Anant Singh, had taken oath as new Law Minister of the new Cabinet formed on August 16.

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