In a dramatic order in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati encounter cases, BJP President Amit Shah was exempted from all charges by a special Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI court in Mumbai today. Pending an appeal in a higher court, the order means that Mr Shah will not have to stand trial in the alleged extrajudicial killings of Sheikh and his wife Kauser Bi in 2005 and that of Prajapati in 2006.
