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CBI takes charge of Ishrat case probe

By Prashant Dayal
Updated Saturday, 07 January 2012 15:01:09 - IST (UTC +5:30)

AHMEDABAD: A team of 12 CBI officials, headed by joint director V V Laxminarayana, formally took over the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case on Friday.
Laxminarayana, along with deputy inspector general of CBI Pravin Salunke, SP Sandip Tamgade and chief investigator DSP Kalai Mani and three inspectors, visited two sites of fake encounter. Ishrat Jahan was shown killed near Kotarpur Water Works on Airport Road, in 2004 and Sadiq Jamal Mehtar was gunned down in Naroda by a team of crime branch officials in 2003. Investigations revealed that encounters were faked and Ishrat along with three others were shot down somewhere else in police custody.
On Friday, the CBI team met the Gujarat high court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) chairman R R Verma and other members and took case documents from them along with basic information about the probe.
The role that Laxminarayana will play is critical since he is in-charge of all four fake encounter case probes - Ishrat, Sadiq, Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati - which have been handed over to the CBI.
The 1990-batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre who hails from Tamil Nadu may have to focus on the Hyderabad module of the Sohrabuddin conspiracy which is yet to be probed by any investigating agency.
In 2005, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad officials conducted a clandestine operation in which Sohrabuddin and his wife Kauserbi along with Tulsiram were illegally detained from a bus in Hyderabad with help of Andhra Pradesh police. This aspect of the controversial twin encounters of Sohrabuddin and Tulsiram has remained un-investigated till date.
Laxminarayana is already quite well known down south. Largely owing to his investigation into Jagan assets and the APIICEmaar scam cases involving former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Jaganmohan Reddy. Before being deputed to CBI, Laxminarayan had headed the Anti-Terrorist Squad of Maharashtra. After he joined CBI in 2006, he was posted in Hyderabad and is known for being a "low-key man who means business." TIO

Tags: Prashant Dayal Ishrat Jahan, Encounter, Murder, SIT, Gujarat High Court, CBI probe

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