Sadiq Jamal encounter case: Father files petition in Gujarat HC seeking Rs 50 lakh compensation

Ahmedabad: A petition by father of Sadiq Jamal, who was killed in a controversial encounter in Naroda area of Ahmedabad in January 2003 by the Gujarat police, was filed in the Gujarat High court today seeking a compensation of Rs 50 lakh for the death of his son.

Sadiq Jamal Mehtar, a resident of Bhavnagar who used to stay in Mumbai, was shot dead by a team of the Gujarat police near Galaxy Cinema in Naroda area of Ahmedabad in January 2003. The police had said that he was a Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist terrorist who was on a mission to kill the then chief minister Narendra Modi and BJP leader L K Advani.

However, later the CBI investigation claimed that he was brought to Ahmedabad from the custody of the Mumbai police and killed in a staged encounter by police officer Tarun Barot and seven other junior rank policemen.

His father moved high court demanding compensation of Rs 50 lakh for the death of his son.

Earlier Sadiq’s brother Shabbir had filed an application before a designated court seeking deatils of the progress of the investigation in the case.

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