On Saturday, Mohammad Shahabuddin, former MP of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) died a lonely death. He succumbed to Covid19. After testing positive for Covid-19, he was being treated at the DDU hospital in New Delhi.

Shahabuddin was in critical condition and doctors were planning to shift him to the LNJP hospital.

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DG (Tihar) Sandeep Goel said that Shahabuddin, serving a life sentence for murder in Tihar jail, had contracted the virus on April 20, after which he was admitted to DDU hospital.  On Saturday, Goel said, “Information has been received from DDU Hospital about death of Mohd Shahabuddin. He was suffering from Covid-19 and was admitted in DDU Hospital on April 20.”

Data provided by the Tihar Jail authorities till April 23 has revealed that the prison has 227 active Coronavirus cases among jail inmates and 60 among jail staff, including a jail superintendent and two prison doctors. Officials stated that four inmates have died of Covid-19 to date.

Recently, former JNU student Umar Khalid & gangster Chhota Rajan, both of whom are in Tihar, had tested positive for the virus.

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Sahabuddin ruled Siwan with brute muscle power for years by heading a syndicate involved in crimes ranging from kidnapping and extortion to murder with impunity.

With the demise of Sahabuddin, an inglorious chapter on the unholy infamous nexus of crime and politics has come to an end. It is a certain setback to his political boss, Lalu P Yadav who ironically has just come out of prison on bail in the fodder scam case after being discharged from AIIMS.

He was called by his supporters as Sahab & ran his fiefdom in Siwan treating Bihar police with disdain in his heyday before the law caught up with him.