Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress on Tuesday demanded filing of an FIR against the police officers indicted in the report of the judicial inquiry into the Ishrat Jahan encounter case.
Leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil told media persons that the judicial inquiry has brought out the truth about the fake encounter naming the police officials responsible for staging it.
"In 246 page report, the magistrate, who conducted the inquiry, has evaluated the evidence and material and came to a conclusion that it was a fake encounter," Gohil said, adding,
"The magistrate has stated that it is a case of custodial death as the deceased were already in the custody of police."
Reacting to the state government that has rejected the inquiry report, Gohil asked why the state government is disowning the report of its own judicial officer?
The state government, which is not an affected party and has no locus standi in the matter should simply follow the recommendation of the report and file the FIR against the police officials named in the report, he said.
The judicial inquiry in the encounter case has been conducted under the provision in CrPC and carried out by an official of the state government, Gohil said.
He pointed out that Gujarat High Court has also ordered an investigation in the case, which means this is not a genuine case of encounter.
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