Ahmedabad:
The Special Investigation Team probing the 2004 police encounter of Mumbai girl Ishrat Jahan and three others has filed an application in the Gujarat High Court seeking appointment of an amicus curie in the case.
In the application, SIT chief has said they needed a legal expert to help them during the investigation and also assist in various court proceedings.
Ishrat Jahan, a college girl, was killed along with three others in an encounter with the Crime Branch in 2004.
As part of the inquiry, the SIT sought permission from the CBI Court to question police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin, both accused in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case and currently in jail.
The two were attached to Ahmedabad Crime Branch at the time of the incident.
At the time of the encounter, Gujarat Police had claimed that Ishrat and the three others were LeT operatives on a mission to kill Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
According to police, the operation was carried out based on specific inputs from the Central intelligence that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba was planning to carry out attacks on various parts of India, including Gujarat.
However, a report by Judicial Magistrate S P Tamang had last year said the encounter was "fake" and carried out in cold blood by policemen for "selfish motives".
In the application, SIT chief has said they needed a legal expert to help them during the investigation and also assist in various court proceedings.
Ishrat Jahan, a college girl, was killed along with three others in an encounter with the Crime Branch in 2004.
As part of the inquiry, the SIT sought permission from the CBI Court to question police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin, both accused in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case and currently in jail.
The two were attached to Ahmedabad Crime Branch at the time of the incident.
At the time of the encounter, Gujarat Police had claimed that Ishrat and the three others were LeT operatives on a mission to kill Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
According to police, the operation was carried out based on specific inputs from the Central intelligence that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba was planning to carry out attacks on various parts of India, including Gujarat.
However, a report by Judicial Magistrate S P Tamang had last year said the encounter was "fake" and carried out in cold blood by policemen for "selfish motives".
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