Rajasthan Fake Encounter

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.

All 22 accused in the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and his friend Tulsiram Prajapati by police officers were acquitted today by a court in Mumbai, which said the evidence was "unsatisfactory" and not enough to prove conspiracy and cold-blooded murder. The CBI had said that the three were murdered by Gujarat police officers as part o...

The killings of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and associate Tulsiram Prajapati were the result of a conspiracy hatched by senior officers of Gujarat and Rajasthan police, Rubabuddin Shaikh, the brother of Sohrabuddin, who was killed in an alleged staged encounter, told the Bombay High Court today.

Patidar agitation leader Hardik Patel has expressed fear that he might be killed in a fake encounter in Rajasthan, where he is staying.

Former Rajasthan home minister Gulabchand Kataria and marble baron Vimal Patni have been discharged by a special court hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

A day after one its senior leaders was chargesheeted by the CBI in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, the BJP today slammed the government, alleging that the latter was indulging in a political witch hunt.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a supplementary chargesheet in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case which names senior BJP leader and former Rajasthan Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria. The BJP leader faces charges of murder along with three others in this chargesheet.

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday came down heavily on CBI for giving "differential" treatment to the accused in Dara Singh fake encounter case in which a DIG and a BJP MLA were among those arrested, saying the agency's objectives have been compromised and it was high time it was "shut down".

A former minister and the BJP's chief whip in the Rajasthan Assembly, Rajendra Rathore has been remanded to police custody till April 10. Mr Rathore was arrested earlier in the day in a case of a fake encounter. Dara Singh, a known felon, was shot dead in a police encounter in October 2006 and his family alleged that the encounter had been staged ...

The Supreme Court on Monday said the police personnel involved in fake encounter killings should be given death sentence and hanged. A bench comprising of Justice Markandeya Katju and Justice C K Prasad said as custodians of law they are expected to protect people and not eliminate them as contract killers.

As the CBI  enters the final phase of its investigation in the Sohrabuddin Seikh fake encounter case , the Rajasthan dimension is getting bigger. Azam Khan, a key witness in the Sohrabuddin encounter probe has told NDTV that politicians, including a Rajasthan BJP leader, were paid 10 crore rupees by the marble mafia to get Sohrabuddin killed. ...

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.

All 22 accused in the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and his friend Tulsiram Prajapati by police officers were acquitted today by a court in Mumbai, which said the evidence was "unsatisfactory" and not enough to prove conspiracy and cold-blooded murder. The CBI had said that the three were murdered by Gujarat police officers as part o...

The killings of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and associate Tulsiram Prajapati were the result of a conspiracy hatched by senior officers of Gujarat and Rajasthan police, Rubabuddin Shaikh, the brother of Sohrabuddin, who was killed in an alleged staged encounter, told the Bombay High Court today.

Patidar agitation leader Hardik Patel has expressed fear that he might be killed in a fake encounter in Rajasthan, where he is staying.

Former Rajasthan home minister Gulabchand Kataria and marble baron Vimal Patni have been discharged by a special court hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

A day after one its senior leaders was chargesheeted by the CBI in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, the BJP today slammed the government, alleging that the latter was indulging in a political witch hunt.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a supplementary chargesheet in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case which names senior BJP leader and former Rajasthan Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria. The BJP leader faces charges of murder along with three others in this chargesheet.

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday came down heavily on CBI for giving "differential" treatment to the accused in Dara Singh fake encounter case in which a DIG and a BJP MLA were among those arrested, saying the agency's objectives have been compromised and it was high time it was "shut down".

A former minister and the BJP's chief whip in the Rajasthan Assembly, Rajendra Rathore has been remanded to police custody till April 10. Mr Rathore was arrested earlier in the day in a case of a fake encounter. Dara Singh, a known felon, was shot dead in a police encounter in October 2006 and his family alleged that the encounter had been staged ...

The Supreme Court on Monday said the police personnel involved in fake encounter killings should be given death sentence and hanged. A bench comprising of Justice Markandeya Katju and Justice C K Prasad said as custodians of law they are expected to protect people and not eliminate them as contract killers.

As the CBI  enters the final phase of its investigation in the Sohrabuddin Seikh fake encounter case , the Rajasthan dimension is getting bigger. Azam Khan, a key witness in the Sohrabuddin encounter probe has told NDTV that politicians, including a Rajasthan BJP leader, were paid 10 crore rupees by the marble mafia to get Sohrabuddin killed. ...