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The police on Thursday took custody of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dhirendra Pratap Singh who was arrested for allegedly shooting dead a man in Durjanpur village of the district during the allotment of a ration shop.
A Ballia court had on Wednesday remanded the BJP leader in police custody for two days.
Reoti SHO Praveen Singh took Dhirendra Singh's custody from the district jail, officials said without elaborating further.
He was later taken to his house in Durjanpur village, sources said.
When asked by media about the incident, the BJP leader, who was returning from his village with the police said, "I fired in self-defence and for the security of my family."
Chief Judicial Magistrate Ramesh Kushwaha had remanded the BJP leader in police custody to enable the police to recover the murder weapon, a country-made pistol, from the accused and for his custodial interrogation as part of the ongoing probe into the case.
The court remanded Dhirendra Singh in police custody for only two days, rejecting the prosecution demand for seven-day custody.
The BJP leader was arrested from Lucknow on Sunday.