Who Was DP Ojha? Ex-Bihar DGP Who Took On Shahabuddin Dies In Patna

Patna: Former Bihar DGP DP Ojha, who took on infamous gangster Mohammed Shahabuddin, handed away. Popularly referred to as the ‘no-nonsense’ police officer, Ojha died at his residence in Patna, Bihar following a chronic sickness on Friday.

Who Was DP Ojha?

DP Ojha was a 1967-batch IPS officer. He was appointed the DGP on February 1, 2003, simply momths forward of his retirement.

Nonetheless, as an alternative of his appointment, Ojha made headlines in 2003 when he initiated motion in opposition to Shahabuddin, a dreaded gangster and an MP of the then-ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) led by Lalu Yadav.

In accordance with a report submitted by Ojha to the Bihar authorities, he disclosed that Shahabuddin had ties with Pakistan-based outfits.

Instantly after the report was filed, he was faraway from the publish on December 6, 2003, a number of months forward of his retirement in February 2004.

Shahhbuddin’s Household Again In RJD

Probably the most dreaded gangster-turned-politician of Bihar of his time, Shahabuddin had remained unbeaten in his stronghold of Siwan till his conviction in a homicide case in 2007 which led to his disqualification. Shahabuddin died in 2021 in Delhi’s Tihar jail the place he was serving a life sentence for homicide.

In October this 12 months, Shahabuddin’s spouse Hina Shahab, who had contested the current Lok Sabha polls as an Impartial candidate from Bihar’s Siwan joined the social gathering alongside along with her son Osama Shahab.

Occasion supremo Lalu Prasad’s inheritor obvious Tejashwi Yadav welcomed them and described Shahabuddin as “a founding member” of the RJD.

Yadav claimed that induction of the late chief’s relations will “assist us in our struggle in opposition to communal forces represented by BJP and RSS”.

Hina had contested elections on an RJD ticket in 2019 for the final time and after that, her relations with the social gathering soured.

This Lok Sabha elections, Hina completed runner-up, shedding to JD(U)’s Vijay Lakshmi Kushwaha by lower than one lakh votes, whereas RJD candidate Awadh Bihari Chaudhary, a former meeting Speaker, completed a distant third, barely avoiding forfeiture of deposit.

(With Inputs from PTI)