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Ahmedabad:
The CBI filed chargesheet against Gujarat Minister of State for Home
Amit Shah, a close aide of Narendra Modi, and 14 others in
connection with the fake encounter of Sohrabbuddin Sheikh and the 'brutual
killing' of his wife, Kausarbi.
The chargesheet filed in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate A Y Dave names Shah besides DIG D G Vanzara, SPs Rajkumar
Pandian and M N Dinesh and DSPs M L Parmar and N K Amin among
others.
"The chargsheet has been filed under IPC Sections 120-B(conspiracy)
read with 342 (wrongful confinement), 364 (kidnapping and abducting
to murder), 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and
wrongfully to confine a person) and 368 (keeping in confinement
kidnapped or abducted person).
The other Sections are 384 (extortion), 302 (murder) and 201
(causing disappearance of valuable evidence of offence or giving
false information to screen offenders) in the fake encounter of
Sohrabbuddin and brutally killing of his wife, CBI spokesperson
Harsh Bhal said in a statement.
He added, "These accused persons are DIG of Police; two SPs, two
DSPs, three Police Inspectors, three Sub-Inspectors, DCP, Ahmedabad
Crime (arrested and added by CBI), Minister of State (Home), Gujarat
(added during investigation by CBI, not arrested), Chairman, ADC
Bank (added during investigation by CBI, not arrested and Director
ADC Bank (added during investigation by CBI, not arrested)."
Bhal said, "The Minister of State for Home (Government of Gujarat)
was issued summons for his appearance before the CBI on July 22 and
July 23. He did not appear and hence charge sheet was filed without
his examination."
He said CBI has made a prayer to Court to keep investigation open
for probing further into the larger conspiracy.
46-year-old Shah, who was to appear before the CBI today for
questioning in the 2005 case had sent his lawyer, Mitesh Amin, who
demanded more time and a questionnaire. Both requests were rejected
by the investigating agency.
CBI sent teams to locate Shah, while his lawyer moved the court for
anticipatory bail.
'Hunt on for the
Minister'
Facing the prospect of arrest by the
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) “at any time” in the
Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, Gujarat Minister of State
for Home Amit Shah remained untraceable on Friday, with the agency
dispatching half-a-dozen teams to different areas to locate him.
On a day of swift developments, Shah evaded the CBI inquiry for the
second consecutive day and found himself in a quandary, with the
designated CBI court rejecting his plea for anticipatory bail.
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