Dhanbad: A district court on Monday rejected a defence demand for copies of documents submitted by police in connection with the Niraj Singh murder case in which BJP's Jharia MLA Sanjeev Singh is the key accused.

The court additional district and sessions judge VII Rijwan Ahmad simultaneously fixed Tuesday (August 14) as the date for framing charges against six accused - the MLA, his bodyguard, two confidantes, a labour leader and one of the shooters.

A Congress leader and former Dhanbad deputy mayor, Niraj was shot dead along with his bodyguard, personal assistant and driver in Saraidhela on March 21, 2017. Cousin and political rival Sanjeev was arrested for murder conspiracy on April 11 the same year.

The MLA's lawyer Mohammed Javed said they wanted copies of the first chargesheet submitted on June 27 last year, forensic reports and statements of two prosecution witnesses recorded before a magistrate in November-December last year.

"We pleaded that every document is crucial to defending the accused and that the accused had the right to get these documents. But, the court rejected our demand," Javed said.

Public prosecutor T.N. Upadhyay said they vehemently had opposed the demand for documents. The court, he added, rejected the defence counsel demand, saying the documents were not related to the six accused.

Charges will be framed on Tuesday against Sanjeev, his bodyguard Jainendra, confidantes Dablu Mishra and Sanjay Singh (elder brother of the MLA's deceased aide Ranjay), Janta Mazdoor Sangh leader Dhanji Singh and shooter Aman Singh.

Jainendra, Sanjay and Dhanji were arrested from the coal town on March 29, 2017; Mishra was held from Samastipur in Bihar on March 31 last year for providing accomodation to the four shooters; and Aman was nabbed from Mirzapur, UP, on May 3 the same year.

Dhanbad SSP Manoj Ratan Chothe said police had filed chargesheets against a total of 11 accused.