New Delhi: A former Mumbai Police commissioner and BJP lawmaker Satyapal Singh today said that as the SIT chairman he was allured by the then Congress-led UPA government to frame Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jehan.
PM Narendra Modi was then the chief minister of Gujarat.
"I got a call from one of the top Congress leaders, who said that home minister has selected you especially for a mission and that mission is to prove the entire case a lie and you have to reach up to Gujarat chief minister," Mr Singh, a parliamentarian from Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh) said.
Mr Singh was speaking while participating in a discussion on the calling attention motion on alleged alteration of affidavit relating to Ishrat Jehan case.
"I was allured. I told this to then chief minister of Maharashtra and his secretary," he said.
"I told them that I can't do this work. My soul does not allow me to do so," he said while clarifying why he left to continue as the chairman of the SIT.
"Neither Congress nor BJP can pressurise me. I thought, whatever report I will submit, I will be targeted. So I made excuses of not knowing Gujarati and left," he said, adding that "I even told the home minister that I can't work under such circumstances."
Mr Singh also accused the then UPA government of pressurising the officers of CFSL for changing the report.
He also demanded a commission of enquiry to probe the matter thoroughly.
PM Narendra Modi was then the chief minister of Gujarat.
"I got a call from one of the top Congress leaders, who said that home minister has selected you especially for a mission and that mission is to prove the entire case a lie and you have to reach up to Gujarat chief minister," Mr Singh, a parliamentarian from Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh) said.
"I was allured. I told this to then chief minister of Maharashtra and his secretary," he said.
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"Neither Congress nor BJP can pressurise me. I thought, whatever report I will submit, I will be targeted. So I made excuses of not knowing Gujarati and left," he said, adding that "I even told the home minister that I can't work under such circumstances."
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He also demanded a commission of enquiry to probe the matter thoroughly.
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