Government misusing CBI to target our leaders, says BJP
Edited by Mala Das | Wednesday May 15, 2013
A day after one its senior leaders was chargesheeted by the CBI in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, the BJP today slammed the government, alleging that the latter was indulging in a political witch hunt.
Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case: CBI books Rajasthan's ex-home minister for murder
Reported by Rashmi Rajput, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Tuesday May 14, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a supplementary chargesheet in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case which names senior BJP leader and former Rajasthan Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria. The BJP leader faces charges of murder ...
Caught on camera: VIP treatment for senior Gujarat cop arrested in Sohrabuddin case
Reported by Rohit Bhan; Edited by Mala Das | Monday April 29, 2013
When Rajkumar Pandian, suspended police officer, arrived in Ahmedabad, a local news channel began filming his visit.
Sohrabuddin encounter case trial set to start in Mumbai court
Press Trust of India | Friday February 1, 2013
Seven years after the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in an allegedly fake encounter, a magistrate's court in Mumbai on Friday transferred the case to the special CBI court, paving the way for the start of the trial of nineteen accused, including forme...
Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah accuses CBI of malafide in seeking his custody again
Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 15, 2013
Former Gujarat Minister Amit Shah today accused the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Supreme Court of acting with a "malafide design" to seek his police custody again by filing a separate charge sheet in the Tulsiram Prajapati fake encoun...
Sohrabuddin case: Narendra Modi aide Amit Shah appears before court
Press Trust of India | Friday December 21, 2012
Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah appeared before a local court on Friday in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
Gujarat elections: Amit Shah to contest from Naranpura
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Wednesday December 5, 2012
Amit Shah, a former minister in Narendra Modi's Gujarat cabinet and a powerful BJP leader will contest next month's assembly elections from Naranpura in Ahmedabad. Mr Shah is one of the accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsi Prajapati alleged fa...
Sohrabuddin encounter case: Nine remanded to judicial custody, say they face death threat
Press Trust of India | Friday November 23, 2012
A city magistrate today rejected a Gujarat government plea seeking transfer of the nine accused in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake encounter case to a jail in the neighbouring state, as they faced danger to their lives from the banned Students' Islamic M...
Sohrabuddin case: Amit Shah summoned to appear in court
Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 6, 2012
The process of trial in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case moved a step forward with a local court today issuing summons to all the 18 accused, including former Gujarat minister Amit Shah.
Sohrabuddin Sheikh case: Gujarat HC declines to hear bail plea of NK Amin
Press Trust of India | Friday October 5, 2012
The Gujarat High Court on Friday declined to entertain the bail plea of a suspended police officer, who is an accused in the 2005 fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, an alleged gangster, on the ground that the Supreme Court has transferred the case...
Amit Shah returns to Gujarat, accuses Congress of using CBI against him
Press Trust of India | Saturday September 29, 2012
A day after the Supreme Court allowed him to enter Gujarat after a gap of two years, former minister and Narendra Modi aide Amit Shah, who is accused in Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, returned to his residence in Ahmedabad and visited Somna...
Edited by Samira Shaikh | Thursday September 27, 2012
In December 2002, Narendra Modi crushed the Congress to win a record 126 seats in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly. The BJP man who won by the highest margin of votes, over 1.58 lakh and even higher than Modi himself, was his close confidant Amit Anil...
Will Amit Shah's bail be cancelled? Supreme Court verdict likely today
Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Thursday September 27, 2012
The Supreme Court is expected to give its verdict today on cancelling the bail of Amit Shah, former minister and close aide of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, and whether to shift the trial to...
Supreme Court reserves order on CBI's plea to cancel Amit Shah's bail
Press Trust of India | Thursday September 6, 2012
The Supreme Court today reserved its order on CBI's plea for cancellation of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah's bail in the case of fake encounter killing of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh and for shifting the trial of the case outside the state.
Sohrabuddin case: Supreme Court wants trial to be shifted out of Gujarat
Reported by A Vaidyanathan; written by Mala Das | Tuesday August 28, 2012
In a huge setback for the Gujarat government, the Supreme Court today said that the case pertaining to Sohrabuddin Sheikh's fake encounter cannot proceed in the state.
