Batla house encounter was genuine: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram, said he felt the gunfight between police and the Indian Mujahideen terrorists was genuine in Bata house encounted and was satisfied that the prosecution could prove the case in court.
His comments came hours after a Delhi court convicted the lone suspected IM operative Shahzad Ahmad in the 2008 Batla House encounter case for murdering a police inspector and assaulting other officers.
Chidambaram said even the National Human Rights Commission as well as the (Delhi) High Court too had held that there was no reason to doubt the genuineness of the encounter.
“Today, I think the trial court has held that it was a genuine encounter and found the accused guilty,” he said.
Asked about the statements of some of the Congress leaders, including Digvijay Singh, doubting the genuineness of the Batla House encounter, the Finance Minister said they were reflecting the views of families who were affected or the people of that area.
