Gujrat: CBI court discharges 3 cops in Ishrat Jahan encounter case
A particular CBI court on Wednesday discharged law enforcement officials G L Singhal, Tarun Barot and Anaju Chaudhary in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan alleged pretend encounter case. Special CBI decide V R Raval allowed the discharge purposes of Singhal, Barot (now retired) and Chaudhary.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on March 20 conveyed to the court that the state authorities had declined prosecution sanction in opposition to the three accused.
The court in its October 2020 order noticed that that they had “acted in their official duties,” so the probe company was required to acquire prosecution sanction.
Ishrat Jahan, a 19-year-old girl from Mumbra close to Mumbai, was killed together with Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar by Gujarat police in an ‘encounter’ close to Ahmedabad on June 15, 2004.
The police claimed the 4 have been terrorists who have been planning to assassinate then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
However, a excessive court-appointed Special Investigation Team concluded that the encounter was pretend, after which the CBI registered a case in opposition to numerous police officers.
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