Sohrabuddin Case

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.

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.

Rubabuddin Sheikh, brother of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh who was killed in an alleged fake encounter along with his wife and an associate, has filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court, challenging the acquittal of all 22 accused in the case.

The Congress "misused" the CBI to frame BJP president Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday, demanding Rahul Gandhi's apology for his party's actions.

The BJP on Tuesday accused the Congress leadership of using the CBI to manufacture evidence in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case to "politically destroy" its president Amit Shah who, it said, has come out of this "trial by fire" unscathed.

An accused in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case and another who was recently discharged in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh case are among six IPS officers promoted by the Gujarat government on Tuesday, according to a notification.

Though the prosecution "tried", it failed to prove any "politician-police" nexus in the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kausar Bi and his aide Tulsiram Prajapati, a special CBI court had said while acquitting all the 22 accused on December 21.

Taking Congress head on over the Sohrabuddin case, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that the appropriate question for party president Rahul Gandhi to ask would be, who killed the investigation in this case.

The CBI probed the alleged fake encounter killings of gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and his aide Tulsi Prajapati with a 'pre-conceived and premeditated' theory to implicate political leaders, a special CBI court has said.

For special CBI Judge SJ Sharma, acquitting all 22 accused in the alleged fake encounter killings of gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and his aide Tulsi Prajapati on Friday, was the last judgement of his career.

A day after all 22 accused in the encounter of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and friend were acquitted by a court in Mumbai, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has tweeted a list of seven people and said "No one killed them, they just died".

Here is a list of the 22 people acquitted by a special CBI court in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. They were accused of killing Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kausar Bi and his aide Tulsiram Prajapati.

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...

A special CBI court in Mumbai is likely to pronounce on Friday the verdict in the sensational Sohrabuddin Sheikh-Tulsiram Prajapati alleged fake encounter case of 2005 in which 22 people, most of them police officials, are on trial.

A special CBI court in Mumbai will give its verdict in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case on December 21. Sohrabuddin Sheikh, a petty criminal, was killed near Gujarat's Gandhinagar in November 2005 by Gujarat police officers who called him a terrorist. His wife Kausar Bi was also killed. Tulsiram Prajapati, who was accompanying the couple ...

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.

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.

Rubabuddin Sheikh, brother of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh who was killed in an alleged fake encounter along with his wife and an associate, has filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court, challenging the acquittal of all 22 accused in the case.

The Congress "misused" the CBI to frame BJP president Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday, demanding Rahul Gandhi's apology for his party's actions.

The BJP on Tuesday accused the Congress leadership of using the CBI to manufacture evidence in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case to "politically destroy" its president Amit Shah who, it said, has come out of this "trial by fire" unscathed.

An accused in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case and another who was recently discharged in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh case are among six IPS officers promoted by the Gujarat government on Tuesday, according to a notification.

Though the prosecution "tried", it failed to prove any "politician-police" nexus in the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kausar Bi and his aide Tulsiram Prajapati, a special CBI court had said while acquitting all the 22 accused on December 21.

Taking Congress head on over the Sohrabuddin case, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that the appropriate question for party president Rahul Gandhi to ask would be, who killed the investigation in this case.

The CBI probed the alleged fake encounter killings of gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and his aide Tulsi Prajapati with a 'pre-conceived and premeditated' theory to implicate political leaders, a special CBI court has said.

For special CBI Judge SJ Sharma, acquitting all 22 accused in the alleged fake encounter killings of gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and his aide Tulsi Prajapati on Friday, was the last judgement of his career.

A day after all 22 accused in the encounter of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and friend were acquitted by a court in Mumbai, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has tweeted a list of seven people and said "No one killed them, they just died".

Here is a list of the 22 people acquitted by a special CBI court in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. They were accused of killing Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kausar Bi and his aide Tulsiram Prajapati.

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...

A special CBI court in Mumbai is likely to pronounce on Friday the verdict in the sensational Sohrabuddin Sheikh-Tulsiram Prajapati alleged fake encounter case of 2005 in which 22 people, most of them police officials, are on trial.

A special CBI court in Mumbai will give its verdict in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case on December 21. Sohrabuddin Sheikh, a petty criminal, was killed near Gujarat's Gandhinagar in November 2005 by Gujarat police officers who called him a terrorist. His wife Kausar Bi was also killed. Tulsiram Prajapati, who was accompanying the couple ...