Gujarat cop NK Amin gets one-year extension

Ahmedabad: N K Amin, an accused in the 2004 Lashkar-e-Taiyaba cadre Ishrat Jahan encounter case who is currently serving as superintendent of police in Mahisagar district, was today granted one-year extension by Gujarat government, days after he was discharged in fake encounter cases of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati by a CBI court in Mumbai.

As per a notification issued by the state Home Department, Amin, who was due to retire today, has been given an extension of one year, starting September 1.

With this, Amin will continue to serve as the SP of Mahisagar district for one more year, it stated.

On August 18, a special CBI court in Mumbai discharged Amin in the 2005 fake encounter cases of Sohrabuddin and Prajapati. However, he still is an accused in the Ishrat case.

Amin, granted regular bail by the special CBI court last year, was reinstated as Deputy Superintendent of Police in State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB) in May 2015, before he was made SP.

PTI