Surajbhan Singh Explained

Surajbhan Singh
Birth Date:5 March 1965
Residence:Patna
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency:Balia (Bihar)
Term Start:2004
Term End:2009
Predecessor:Ram Jeevan Singh
Successor:constituency abolished
Constituency1:Mokama
Office1:Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:2000
Term End1:2004
Predecessor1:Dilip Kumar Singh
Successor1:Anant Kumar Singh
Party:Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (2021-present)
Spouse:Veena Devi
Office2:Acting President of the Lok Janshakti Party[1]
Termstart2:15 June 2021
Predecessor2:Chirag Kumar Paswan
Termend2:17 June 2021
Successor2:Pashupati Kumar Paras
Birth Place:Mokama, Bihar, India
Otherparty:Lok Janshakti Party
(2004-2021)
Independent
(2000-2004)
Relations:Chandan Singh (younger brother)

Surajbhan Singh (born 5 March 1965) is an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Bihar contesting on a ticket from Lok Janshakti Party (LJP). Currently he is debarred from contesting due to conviction in the Rami Singh farmer murder case.

Personal life

Singh was born on 5 March 1965 in a village in Mokama in a village of Mokama into a poor farming family.[2] [3] He had two brothers.[2] His wife, Veena Devi, was an MP from Munger parliamentary constituency on a Lok Janshakti Party. His son Ashutosh died in a car accident on Greater Noida Expressway on 27 October 2018.[4]

Political career

He started his career in politics by contesting Assembly election against Dilip Singh, the sitting Minister in Government of Bihar and the elder brother of criminal-turned-politician Anant Kumar Singh in 2000 and defeated him by a huge margin. At the time of fighting the 2000 elections, police records credited him with 26 criminal cases ranging across Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.[5] After he was elected an independent MLA from the Mokama Assembly constituency (Patna district) then became MP of Balia, Bihar, on a LJP ticket.[6] [7] In 2009, he is convicted in Brij Behari Prasad Murder Case but in 2014 he along 9 accused had been acquitted by the High Court.[8] He is debarred from contesting due to conviction in the Rami Singh murder case of 2008.[9]

Murder trial

Singh was alleged to have shot and killed Rami Singh, a resident of Madhurapur village in Begusarai district on 16 January 1992. On 24 June 2008, he was found guilty by a Bihar court. After that he went to jail.[10] On Sunday, 10 May 2009 unidentified men shot dead the main witness Naga Singh and his grandson near Barauni in Begusarai.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Bihar: चिराग पासवान को LJP के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष के पद से हटाया गया, सूरजभान सिंह बने कार्यकारी अध्यक्ष . 15 June 2021 . News18 India . 15 June 2021 . hi.
  2. News: सिंह . परमानंद . 16 March 2023 . क्राइम का बेताज बादशाह, अपराध की दुनिया में सूरजभान ने रखा कदम तो पिता और भाई ने दे दी थी जान . ABP Live . hi . 24 July 2024.
  3. News: Navendu . Sharma . 16 October 2015 . Old, new Nitish men fight from Mokama . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180503090751/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Old-new-Nitish-men-fight-from-Mokama/articleshow/49392210.cms . 3 May 2018 . The Times of India . 22 February 2021.
  4. News: 28 October 2018. Bihar MP's son dies after vehicle hits divider on Greater Noida expressway. 9 January 2022. The Indian Express. en.
  5. News: Tewary . Amarnath . Sun of the Soil Outlook India Magazine . 20 August 2020 . Outlook . 20 March 2000.
  6. Web site: Strongmen in action, tension brews . 28 May 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202045841/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1140417/jsp/bihar/story_18204081.jsp . 2 February 2017 .
  7. Web site: Upper caste politics at crucial juncture in BIhar . 10 June 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150906032723/http://www.bihartimes.in/Newsbihar/2010/Jan/Newsbihar18Jan2.html . 6 September 2015.
  8. News: Jha . Giridhar . 26 July 2014 . Bihar politics sees return of strongmen . India Today . 24 July 2024.
  9. News: Surajbhan gets life term for killing farmer . The Times of India . 26 June 2008 . 24 July 2024.
  10. Web site: LJP MP Surajbhan Singh convicted for murder. Rediff.com. 24 June 2008. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160129/http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jun/24bihar1.htm. 24 September 2015.
  11. News: Man who saw Surajbhan kill shot dead . DNA India . 11 May 2009 . 20 August 2020.