In an unexpected development, Gujarat police chief S.S. Khandwawala and chief secretary A.K. Joti called on CBI director Ashwini Kumar and Cabinet Secretary (home) in Delhi to raise their concern about the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, which is being probed by the agency following a Supreme Court order in January this year.

Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has come to the rescue of his friend Dilbir Singh who had been bed-ridden since a near fatal accident in 2002 by sponsoring his treatment.

In a twist to a fake encounter case in Gujarat, mother of Tulsi Prajapati, a key witness in the Sohrabuddin case, has sent a legal notice to the state DGP and CID to stop the probe in her son’s encounter case.

An NGO, headed by social activist Teesta Setalvad, on Friday submitted documents containing phone records of Gujarat chief minister’s office and police control room during 2002 riots to Nanavati Commission, which is probing the communal violence.