Ishrat Jahan encounter was fake: CBI
Ahmedabad: CBI on Wednesday held that 19-year-old Ishrat Jahan was killed in a “fake” encounter in 2004 in Gujarat and chargesheeted seven police officers in the case, saying it was a joint operation between Gujarat police and the Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau.
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“The encounter was a joint operation between Gujarat police and Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau (SIB) of the state,” CBI said in the chargesheet, adding, “The encounter was fake”.
The CBI told the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate HS Khutwad that their investigation has established offence against all seven police officers chargesheeted in the case.
Apart from Pandey and Vanzara other Gujarat police officers who have been chargesheeted are GL Singhal, Tarun Barot, NK Amin, JG Parmar and Anaju Chaudhary.
Ishrat, hailing from Mumbra in Thane district adjoining Mumbai, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were killed in the encounter with the Gujarat police on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on June 15, 2004.
