Ahmedabad

CBI Court in Ahmedabad has granted bail to suspended DySP Tarun Barot in Sadiq Jamal encounter case.

Shri Barot will need to appear before court once in 15 days. He will need to submit his passport in court.

Shri Barot is likely to reinstated in Gujarat Police after this verdict with due promotion.

Very popular cop of his time Shri Barot has been in jail since his arrest by CBI in September 2012.

Sadiq Jamal from Bhavnagar, was killed in an encounter by Gujarat police in Naroda area in the city on January 13, 2003.

The genuineness of the encounter became an issue after a Mumbai-based former scribe, Ketan Tirodkar, filed affidavit before a court there that he was witness to Jamal’s hand-over to Gujarat police by ‘encounter specialist’ officer Daya Nayak of Mumbai police a few days before the encounter.

The Gujarat High Court ordered CBI probe upon a petition of Shabbir Jamal, Sadiq’s brother. The central agency has chargesheeted Barot along with seven others.

Updates:

Conditions attached to Barot’s bail:
– Rs 1 lakh bond
– Rs 5 lakh surety of two
– Not allowed to enter Mumbai and Bhavnagar
– Passport needs to be surrendered
– Presence in court compulsory once in 15 days

– DeshGujarat