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Railway Minister and RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav today refused to give his views on the non-bailable arrest warrant NBAW issued three day...

Railway Minister and RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav today refused to give his views on the non-bailable arrest warrant NBAW issued three days back against his brother-in-law and RJD MP Sadhu Yadav in the flood scam.

However, when pointed out that Sadhu had gone into hiding, Laloo said everybody has to respect the law. 8216;8216;Nobody is running away. Nobody can run away. Everybody has to respect the verdict of the court,8217;8217; he remarked while refusing to comment further. Police have not been able to trace Sadhu so far.

However, Laloo defended jailed RJD MP from Siwan Mohammad Shahabuddin. He alleged that Shahabuddin and his family members were being framed in different cases and being harassed through a conspiracy.

Meanwhile, a Siwan court today refused the bail petition of Shahabuddin in a case of furnishing false affidavit to the Election Commission. Another local court did not hear the matter of issuing arrest warrants against his wife, father and brother.

The Siwan MP8217;s wife Hina Shahab, father SM Habibullah and brother Shamsuddin have been accused of not depositing their weapons after their licences were revoked by the district administration.

A case in this connection was lodged in the local Hussainganj police station and now the police is gearing up to arrest the MP8217;s family members in the case and even pray for taking Shahabuddin on remand for interrogation. The Siwan MP is presently in Bhagalpur central jail. The latest allegation against him is that he had links with the terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen.

Defending him, Laloo said Shahabuddin was not involved in procurement of any arms from Kashmir. When pointed out that the Jammu and Kashmir police wanted to take him on remand, the RJD chief lost his cool and said, 8216;8216;Did the J038;K police contact you?8217;8217;

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Shahabuddin is alleged to have made at least three trips to Kupwara in J038;K and procured AK-47 rifles and pistols. Raids by the police last year on his ancestral house had allegedly led to the recovery of live cartridges bearing marks of a Pakistan ordnance factory.