The CBI has said that the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter was fake. The agency filed a charge sheet yesterday in the case in which it contended that the encounter was a joint operation between Gujarat police and Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau, SIB. The investigating agency further said that offence has been established against ADGP PP Pandey, suspended police officers DG Vanzara, GL Singhal, Tarun Barot, NK Amin, Anaju Chaudhary and JG Parmar. The CBI also said that investigation is on against Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau Rajinder Kumar and four officers of the agency. According to the charge sheet, Ishrat Jahan was not a terrorist, but the three others killed along with her had alleged terror links. Our correspondent reports that no political leader has been named in the charge sheet. Ishrat Jahan, a 19 year old college girl from Mumbai, was killed in an encounter along with 3 others on the outskirts of Ahmedabad city in 2004.
News On AIR | July 4, 2013 8:48 AM
Ishrat Jahan encounter fake, says CBI chargsheet