CBI will soon approach the government seeking sanction for prosecution against four Intelligence Bureau officials, including its former Special Director Rajinder Kumar, in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.

Talking to news agencies CBI Director Ranjit Sinha said that the agency has received the opinion of the Attorney General. Mr Vahanvati, who had on Friday given his opinion suggesting that CBI needed a prior nod before prosecuting Intelligence Bureau officers in the case, however, feels that not taking the sanction at the time of filing the charge sheet is not fatal to the case.

CBI had filed a charge sheet in the special court in Ahmedabad on Thursday against Kumar, a retired 1979-batch IPS officer, and serving subordinte officials P Mittal, M K Sinha and Rajiv Wankhede.