New Delhi/Ahmedabad: The CBI is prepping to charge one of the most senior officials in the Intelligence Bureau with conspiracy to murder 19-year-old college student Ishrat Jahan, who was shot dead in 2004 along with three other people near a highway in Ahmedabad.
CBI sources say Rajendra Kumar, currently Special Director with the Intelligence Bureau (IB), sanctioned that fake encounter. Investigators say they are trying to determine whether an AK-47 found at the location of the killings was furnished by him.
Mr Kumar was meant to be questioned by the CBI for a second time today, but his interrogation has been re-scheduled to Tuesday. Yesterday, Home Secretary RK Singh mediated a reportedly inclement meeting between the heads of the CBI and IB over the escalating case against Mr Kumar.
The police claimed that the state's Intelligence Bureau had warned that the group was planning to assassinate Chief Minister Narendra Modi on behalf of terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
The Intelligence Bureau has objected to the CBI's interrogation of Mr Kumar, claiming that it sets a dangerous precedent because its members often work undercover and have sources who will dry up if intelligence officers are entangled in police cases.
CBI sources say Rajendra Kumar, currently Special Director with the Intelligence Bureau (IB), sanctioned that fake encounter. Investigators say they are trying to determine whether an AK-47 found at the location of the killings was furnished by him.
Mr Kumar was meant to be questioned by the CBI for a second time today, but his interrogation has been re-scheduled to Tuesday. Yesterday, Home Secretary RK Singh mediated a reportedly inclement meeting between the heads of the CBI and IB over the escalating case against Mr Kumar.
The police claimed that the state's Intelligence Bureau had warned that the group was planning to assassinate Chief Minister Narendra Modi on behalf of terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
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The Intelligence Bureau has objected to the CBI's interrogation of Mr Kumar, claiming that it sets a dangerous precedent because its members often work undercover and have sources who will dry up if intelligence officers are entangled in police cases.
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