The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday began rigorous custodial remand in connection with the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin, murder of his wife Kauser Bi. Two lawyers representing Mr Shah, Mitesh Amin and Yatin Oza were present at “visible distance” as per the court order. “We started his interrogation around

Former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah has been remanded to two days in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody in connection with the alleged fake encounter killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh after the Gujarat high court on Friday accepted the CBI plea for custody.

The CBI on Thursday challenged in the Gujarat high court the order of a lower court rejecting its plea for remand of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has no objection to N.K. Amin turning approver provided he first records his confessional statement before a magistrate, a CBI lawyer told a special CBI court here on Tuesday.

A CBI court on Wednesday rejected the agency’s demand for a seven-day custody of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, arrested for the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh.

In what media expected to be a conference for details and information saw known criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani appealing to media to listen to their conscience. He described the media as “mouthpiece of the CBI” and media coverage as “totally one-sided.

Vasundhara Raje, who was the chief minister of Rajasthan when Sohrabuddin was killed, had personally met the Rajasthan police team that had participated in his encounter, within a few hours of the encounter, appreciated their work, posed for pictures with them and also announced a reward.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi continues his attacks on the Congress, CBI and the Delhi sultanate saying they are treating “Gujarat as enemy state”.
On Saturday, Mr Modi hit out at the centre and its agencies like the CBI, which are out to “undermine his government”.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has taken on the Congress and the CBI and in a second acerbic attack in last 24 hours has alleged the Centre of dirty designs but reiterated that he will not be intimidated by the “Delhi Sultanate”. Mr Modi was cheered up by the public in Palitana in Bhavnagar district when he spoke about the misuse of CBI and “Delhi Sultanate’s” dirty designs to undermine his government in Gujarat.

The Gujarat CID crime has chargesheeted nine cops including three IPS officials D.G. Vanjara and Vipul Agarwal of Gujarat cadre and Dinesh M.N. of Rajasthan cadre in Tulsi Prajapati fake encounter case. However, the state government’s CID has not named minister Amit Shah in the chargesheet. The CBI has arrested state minister for home Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.