Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya to appear before it within a week in connection with the triple murder at Balipur village on March 2.
According to sources, the preliminary investigation by the CBI has found nothing incriminating against the former minister in the murders of Balipur village head Nanhe Yadav, his brother Suresh and Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul-Haq.
Sources in the CBI said the summons were issued to "clear some doubts".
The former minister has been asked to present himself at the camp office of the CBI. The notice was sent to Raja Bhaiyya's houses in Kunda and Lucknow late on Thursday.
Raja Bhaiyya has been mentioned as a conspirator in the murder of the police official by Haq's widow, Parveen Azad, a medical student.
According to sources, the former UP minister would be interrogated on his whereabouts at the time of the triple murder. He would be grilled on any "insights" into the role of his close aides and a driver, who have been arrested in the case.
Earlier, the CBI has sought the transfer of four station house officers at Kunda and of other police officials outside the area, citing "political influence" and following this, the state government transferred 108 policeman out of Pratapgarh district.
(With inputs from IANS)
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