Gujarat Fake Encounter

The Gujarat government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the petitioners who have sought a probe into the alleged fake encounters in the state from 2002 to 2006 need to explain the reasons for their "selective public interest".

The Gujarat government on Monday in the Supreme Court expressed reservation over-sharing with petitioners material in a matter seeking a probe into the alleged fake encounter cases in Gujarat from 2002 to 2006.

Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot has dared Home Minister Amit Shah to name the officers of a central agency who the BJP leader alleged had put pressure on him to frame Narendra Modi when he was Gujarat Chief Minister.

Amit Shah said the CBI was "putting pressure" on him to "frame" Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an alleged fake encounter case in Gujarat when he was being questioned by the probe agency during the Congress-led UPA government.

The Supreme Court today heard the matter related to alleged fake encounter cases in Gujarat from 2002 to 2006 for whose monitoring it had set up a committee under former top court judge H S Bedi.

UU Lalit was then Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah's lawyer in the case when Narendra Modi's government was accused of covering up alleged fake encounter killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kauserbi, and associate Tulsiram Prajapati.

The Home Ministry has dismissed an Indian Police Service officer from the Gujarat cadre, Satish Chandra Verma, who had assisted the Central Bureau in its investigation into the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan.

A special CBI court today discharged police officers GL Singhal, Tarun Barot and Anaju Chaudhary in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case.

Former IPS officer DG Vanzara, who was accused in the alleged fake encounters of Ishrat Jahan and Sohrabuddin Sheikh and was later discharged in both the cases, has been given post-retirement promotion as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) by the Gujarat government, six years after he retired from service.

Shamima Kausar, the mother of Ishrat Jahan who was killed in an alleged fake encounter by the Gujarat Police, today told a special CBI court in Ahmedabad that she can no longer attend the case proceedings as she feels "hopeless and helpless".

Former Gujarat police officers DG Vanzara and NK Amin will no longer be accused in the 2004 Ishrat Jehan fake encounter killing. A CBI court today approved their request for discharge.

A special CBI court is likely to pass an order on May 2 on the applications of retired police officers DG Vanzara and NK Amin seeking dropping of proceeding against them in the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case after the Gujarat government declined the sanction to prosecute them.

An application was filed in the Special CBI Court on Tuesday, challenging the Gujarat government's refusal to sanction prosecution of retired police officials DG Vanzara and NK Amin in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today told the court that Gujarat government has declined sanction to prosecute retired police officers DG Vanzara and N K Amin in the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan and three others.

The Congress on Friday attacked the BJP for the alleged rise in encounters in Uttar Pradesh, saying the culture comes from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat and UP too has become a victim of the ruling party's "muscular" model of governance after Jammu and Kashmir.

The Gujarat government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the petitioners who have sought a probe into the alleged fake encounters in the state from 2002 to 2006 need to explain the reasons for their "selective public interest".

The Gujarat government on Monday in the Supreme Court expressed reservation over-sharing with petitioners material in a matter seeking a probe into the alleged fake encounter cases in Gujarat from 2002 to 2006.

Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot has dared Home Minister Amit Shah to name the officers of a central agency who the BJP leader alleged had put pressure on him to frame Narendra Modi when he was Gujarat Chief Minister.

Amit Shah said the CBI was "putting pressure" on him to "frame" Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an alleged fake encounter case in Gujarat when he was being questioned by the probe agency during the Congress-led UPA government.

The Supreme Court today heard the matter related to alleged fake encounter cases in Gujarat from 2002 to 2006 for whose monitoring it had set up a committee under former top court judge H S Bedi.

UU Lalit was then Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah's lawyer in the case when Narendra Modi's government was accused of covering up alleged fake encounter killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kauserbi, and associate Tulsiram Prajapati.

The Home Ministry has dismissed an Indian Police Service officer from the Gujarat cadre, Satish Chandra Verma, who had assisted the Central Bureau in its investigation into the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan.

A special CBI court today discharged police officers GL Singhal, Tarun Barot and Anaju Chaudhary in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case.

Former IPS officer DG Vanzara, who was accused in the alleged fake encounters of Ishrat Jahan and Sohrabuddin Sheikh and was later discharged in both the cases, has been given post-retirement promotion as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) by the Gujarat government, six years after he retired from service.

Shamima Kausar, the mother of Ishrat Jahan who was killed in an alleged fake encounter by the Gujarat Police, today told a special CBI court in Ahmedabad that she can no longer attend the case proceedings as she feels "hopeless and helpless".

Former Gujarat police officers DG Vanzara and NK Amin will no longer be accused in the 2004 Ishrat Jehan fake encounter killing. A CBI court today approved their request for discharge.

A special CBI court is likely to pass an order on May 2 on the applications of retired police officers DG Vanzara and NK Amin seeking dropping of proceeding against them in the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case after the Gujarat government declined the sanction to prosecute them.

An application was filed in the Special CBI Court on Tuesday, challenging the Gujarat government's refusal to sanction prosecution of retired police officials DG Vanzara and NK Amin in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today told the court that Gujarat government has declined sanction to prosecute retired police officers DG Vanzara and N K Amin in the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan and three others.

The Congress on Friday attacked the BJP for the alleged rise in encounters in Uttar Pradesh, saying the culture comes from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat and UP too has become a victim of the ruling party's "muscular" model of governance after Jammu and Kashmir.