Central govt probe agency CBI aka “caged parrot” and “its master’s voice” finds Ishrat enounter “fake”

Ahmedabad, 3 July 2013

In the course of a decade long fight between Congress-ruled central government and Chief Minister Narendra Modi ruled Gujarat government, as expected and predicted, the CBI, an investigation agency functioning under Congress-led government’s ministry of Home and described as “caged parrot” and “its master’s voice” by the Supreme Court of India, today held that 19-year-old Ishrat Jahan was killed in a “fake” encounter in 2004, and charge sheeted seven police officers in the case, saying it was a joint operation between Gujarat police and the Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau.

The CBI told the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate H S Khutwad that the investigation is going on against four Intelligence Bureau officers, including its Special Director Rajinder Kumar, and three other officers– P Mittal, M K Sinha and Rajiv Wankhede. Supplementary charge sheet would be filed against IB officers once the investigation was over, the court was told.

Those against whom the charge sheet was filed for murder and criminal conspiracy include absconding Additional DGP PP Pandey and suspended DIG DG Vanzara. Apart from Pandey and Vanzara other Gujarat police officers who have been charge-sheeted are GL Singhal, Tarun Barot, NK Amin, JG Parmar and Anaju Chaudhary. The CBI told the court that their investigation has established offence against all seven police officers charge sheeted in the case.

“The encounter was a joint operation between Gujarat police and Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau (SIB) of the state,” CBI said in the charge sheet, adding, “the encounter was fake”.

The event of submission of charge sheet was treated by Indian national media as if verdict was out today in this case.

Author tweets

-Ungrateful nation today conveyed cops a clear message: Make money and have a fun, or kill the terrorists and go to jail!

-This nation deserves welcome processions for terrorists and criminals on mission with band baja music, garlands and khakhi vardis dancing.

-Snatch away rifles and LMGs from cops and give them band bajas to welcome terrorists. Convert police band teams into Anti Terrorist Squads and vice versa.