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SC relief for Rajasthan BJP leader over killing

By IANS,

New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday stayed a Rajasthan High Court order asking BJP chief whip in the assembly Rajendra Rathore to surrender in trial court to face proceedings in alleged criminal Dara Singh’s staged shootout killing.

Dara Singh, allegedly engaged in liquor smuggling, was shot dead near Amber Oct 23, 2006.

Rathore, who was the parliamentary affairs minister at the time of the incident, was arrested April 5 for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy behind the staged shootout.