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CA member Babban Singh detained

Police have detained Constituent Assembly (CA) member Babban Singh from Birgunj on Saturday.

Police have informed that Singh has been detained in connection with investigation over killings of two businessmen.

He faces accusations over the murder of businessmen Rajesh Kyal – who was killed a month ago – and Jata Shankar Shah – who was murdered three months ago.

People arrested following the murders named Singh as the person who ordered them to kill those businessmen, according to police.

Singh was elected as CA member from Rautahat-1 constituency.

Earlier, he was in the most wanted list of the police for his alleged involvement in Gaur massacre when dozens of Maoist cadres had been killed on March 21 of 2007. nepalnews.com Jan 18 09