‘Mujhe nahi pata’: Nitish Kumar on warrant against new law minister Kartikeya Singh

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Patna, Aug 17:
After
reports
of
a
warrant
against
Bihar’s
new
law
minister
Kartikeya
Singh
emerged,
Bihar
CM
Nitish
Kumar
on
Wednesday
said
he
had
no
information
about
this.

Speaking
to
reporters
Nitish
Kumar
said
that
he
“does
not
know”
and
that
he
has
“no
information”
about
this.

This
comes
a
day
after
Chief
Minister
Nitish
Kumar
expanded
his
new
cabinet
on
Tuesday
by
inducting
31
new
ministers,
including
a
huge
contingent
of
16
from
key
ally
RJD.

Senior
BJP
leader
Sushil
Kumar
Modi
alleged
that
Kartikeya
Singh
has
a
warrant
against
him.

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Cabinet
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“If
Kartikeya
Singh
had
a
warrant
against
him,
he
should
have
surrendered.
But
he
has
taken
oath
as
Law
minister.
I
ask
Nitish,
is
he
trying
to
take
Bihar
back
to
Lalu’s
times?
Kartikey
Singh
should
be
immediately
dismissed,”
Modi,
Bihar’s
former
deputy
CM,
was
quoted
as
saying
by
news
agency
ANI.

Kartikeya
Singh
was
to
surrender
in
Danapur
court
on
August
16
in
a
kidnapping
case
but
instead,
he
reached
Raj
Bhavan
in
Patna
to
take
oath
as
the
new
minister
in
the
Nitish
Kumar-led
government
in
Bihar.

A
case
of
kidnapping
was
registered
against
Kartikeya
Singh
and
17
others
in
Patna’s
Bihta
police
station
in
2014.
He
is
accused
of
conspiracy
to
kidnap
a
builder
with
the
intent
to
murder.
A
chargesheet
has
been
filed
in
this
case.
A
warrant
was
issued
against
Singh
on
July
14
2022
and
he
was
to
surrender
on
August
16
2022
but
he
went
to
take
oath
instead
of
surrendering
to
the
court.

Kartikeya
Singh
is
the
MLC
of
Rashtriya
Janata
Dal
(RJD).
He
got
a
place
in
the
Nitish
cabinet
from
RJD
quota.
Kartikeya
Singh,
a
resident
of
Mokama,
has
also
been
a
teacher
by
profession.

BJP
targets
35
seats
in
Bihar
for
2024
Lok
Sabha
polls

Karthikeya
has
been
charged
under
several
sections
of
IPC
such
as
363(kidnapping),
364
(kidnapping
with
intent
to
murder),
365
(Secret,
unjustified
kidnapping
with
intent
to
imprison),
and
34
(The
incident
was
committed
by
more
than
one
person).

Earlier
on
16
February
2017,
Patna
High
Court
had
rejected
the
anticipatory
bail
petition.