New Delhi:
The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI might question
Narendra Modi's close aide
Amit Shah in connection with the
Ishrat Jahan encounter case after claims made by jailed IPS officer DG Vanzara that the Gujarat government was "inspiring, guiding and monitoring" every police action from "very close quarters".
CBI sources said that Mr Vanzara, during his questioning by CBI in Sabarmati Jail, has reiterated the stand taken by him in the resignation letter that police officials accused in various encounter cases were merely implementing "conscious policy" of the state government towards terrorism.
Highly-placed sources said that no final decision has been taken on the issue of questioning Mr Shah but Mr Vanzara's statement is under examination and if needed, the former minister could be quizzed during the investigations.
They said the agency would be filing supplementary charge sheets in connection with the encounter case giving details of the conspiracy and alleged cover up by officials of Gujarat government.
Mr Vanzara had claimed, they said, in the resignation letter that he and other accused officials had implemented the "conscious policy of this government, which was inspiring, guiding and monitoring our actions from very close quarters".
According to the sources, he also said during questioning that Mr Shah, who was Minister of State for Home, "ditched" the police officers who got embroiled in the encounter cases.
Mr Vanzara, who is lodged in Sabarmati jail after the CBI named him as main accused in the 2004 fake encounter case, was quizzed about the contents of his resignation letter in which he also faulted Mr Modi.
The 59-year-old former Deputy Inspector General of Police sent his resignation letter on September 1 in which he expressed bitterness over the way the Modi government had failed to stand by him and other officers who implemented the state's "conscious policy" of "eliminating terrorism".