Dreaded gangster Subodh Singh brought back to Bengal on transit remand by CID

KOLKATA: A dreaded gangster Subodh Singh was brought from Beur Jail in Bihar to Asansol in West Bengal on transit on Sunday by CID. Singh, a prime accused in the murder of coal mafia Raju Jha, has been implicated in multiple crimes in Bengal including kidnapping and robbery.
In 2022, he was accused of kidnapping and attempting to rob Raniganj businessman Sundar Bhallutia in which case he has been brought on transit remand.Additionally, he was also accused of threatening to kill several businessmen, including Ajay Mandal at Belghoria, last month.
He was produced before an Asansol court on Sunday and the judge ordered one day of judicial custody. He will be presented in court again on Monday. However as he was leaving the court premises, the gangster claimed he was framed. “I've been in jail for six years. They are framing me for no reason. The police have no work; they are incompetent and unable to control crime in Bengal. So, they are blaming me for their own ineptitude,” Singh said while climbing into the prison van.
According to cops, Singh, a class eight dropout, operates through 70 of his handpicked men – and coordinates with local criminals. Subodh’s name has cropped up again and again since last year in the spate of robberies from Barrackpore to Ranaghat and recent ones at Raniganj and Domjur.
However, his alleged role in the recent attack on a businessman at Belghoria after he refused to pay his gang extortion money (Rangdari tax) remains till date his most brazen move. “He is known to pay each member a salary of Rs 20-22,000 besides huge incentives after each successful operation. “He keeps 15 percent of crime money with him, another 15 percent goes as incentives. The rest, if gold, gets smuggled for huge profits,” claimed a source.