Ahmedabad/New Delhi: The CBI says that it has proof that one of the most senior officials in the Intelligence Bureau was involved in the fake encounter of 19-year-old college student Ishrat Jahan, who was killed in Gujarat in 2004.
"We have evidence that will stand legal scrutiny," CBI Director Ranjit Sinha told NDTV today about Rajendra Kumar, currently Special Director with the Intelligence Bureau. He is scheduled to retire next month.
The CBI had planned to interrogate him tomorrow, but the appointment has been moved to Tuesday after Mr Kumar said his father is ill. The chiefs of the CBI and Intelligence Bureau met today with Home Secretary RK Singh to discuss the matter.
CBI sources say they are investigating whether an AK-47 that was found at the site of the killing may have been supplied by Mr Kumar.
During questioning earlier this month, Mr Kumar reportedly told the CBI that the intel alert was genuine to the best of his knowledge, and that he was not involved in the encounter.
Investigators also say that while they understand Mr Kumar's questioning is hurting the morale of Intelligence Bureau officers, they say they cannot ignore statements made by witnesses before magistrates in Gujarat and call data records which seem to implicate him.
"We have evidence that will stand legal scrutiny," CBI Director Ranjit Sinha told NDTV today about Rajendra Kumar, currently Special Director with the Intelligence Bureau. He is scheduled to retire next month.
The CBI had planned to interrogate him tomorrow, but the appointment has been moved to Tuesday after Mr Kumar said his father is ill. The chiefs of the CBI and Intelligence Bureau met today with Home Secretary RK Singh to discuss the matter.
CBI sources say they are investigating whether an AK-47 that was found at the site of the killing may have been supplied by Mr Kumar.
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During questioning earlier this month, Mr Kumar reportedly told the CBI that the intel alert was genuine to the best of his knowledge, and that he was not involved in the encounter.
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Investigators also say that while they understand Mr Kumar's questioning is hurting the morale of Intelligence Bureau officers, they say they cannot ignore statements made by witnesses before magistrates in Gujarat and call data records which seem to implicate him.
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