Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today questioned former UP minister Raja Bhaiya's cousin and MLC Akshay Pratap Singh in Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul-Haq and two others murder case. CBI sources said Singh was questioned in detail in Kunda about his whereabouts on the day of incident in which village head Nanhe Yadav, his brother and DSP Haq were allegedly murdered during violence arising over a land dispute.

Earlier, the CBI had recovered a blood-stained wooden rod and ammunition belt with six live cartridges from various places in Pratapgarh district during its ongoing probe. The agency registered four cases to probe the killing of DSP Haq and two others. Former Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya is one of the suspects in the case. He had to resign from the Uttar Predesh Ministry after his name cropped up in the case.