Ahmedabad: A special CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) court today here dropped the case against the three remaining accused policemen including Inspector General of Police G L Singhal, retired DySP Tarun Barot and Assistant Sub Inspector Anaju Chaudhary in the year 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case. With this, all seven accused Gujarat policemen have been dropped from the proceeding without trial. While granting relief to accused officers, CBI special judge Vipul Raval observed that "Ishr...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has refused CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) a sanction to prosecute three remaining accused cops in year 2004 Ishrat Jahan Encounter case - IPS (IG) GL Singhan, retired DySP Tarun Barot and Assistant Sub Inspector Anaju Chaudhary. Read More

Ahmedabad: Almost 4 months after a designated CBI court here dropped the proceedings against former IPS D G Vanzara and police officer N K Amin in Ishrat Jahan encounter case citing refusal of permission by the Gujarat government to prosecute them, four other accused ex-police officials have also approached the court with discharge petitions. The court has fixed September 21 as the next date of hearing on the pleas of accused ex-cops G L Singhal, Tarun Barot, K G Parmar and A Chaudhry....Read More

Ahmedabad: A special CBI court today rejected the discharge pleas of former IPS D G Vanzara and police officer N K Amin in Ishrat Jahan encounter case. The court of designated judge J K Pandya had completed the hearing on the pleas last month had deferred its verdict on August 4. CBI and Ishrat's mother Shamina Kaushar had opposed the discharge pleas. The court rejected the pleas concluding that Amin and Vanzara were directly involved in the encounter....Read More

Ahmedabad: A special CBI court here today completed the hearing on the discharge petition of former in-charge DGP P P Pandey in Ishrat Jahan encounter case and has put the next date in the matter on January 23 when it was likely to pronounce its verdict. Pandey has appeared in person in the CBI court here along with another accused in the case Tarun Barot. Ishrat Jahan, a college student from Mumbai and suspected LeT operative along with her boy friend and two Pakistan...Read More