Giridih (Jharkhand): A local court on Monday acquitted former Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren in connection with the 1974 Kurko murder case for lack of evidence. The Additional District Judge (9th-fast track), Mohammad Qasim, pronounced the
verdict in the presence of Soren An FIR was filed by Bahadur Singh, who had accused
Soren of heading a group that allegedly killed Khirodar Singh and Chundi Singh
following the slaughter of a goat at Kudko village under Pirtand police station
in Giridih district. The charge-sheet was filed in 1978 and Soren is the sole
accused now since eight others were acquitted in 1986. This was the third case
in which Soren has been acquitted by different courts.
