Gandhinagar/New Delhi, July 23: The CBI filed a 30,000-page chargesheet on Friday naming Gujarat minister of state for home, Mr Amit Shah, as one of the accused in the fake enco-unter killing of Sohrabuddin and the subsequent murder of Sohrabuddin’s wife, Kauser Bi, in 2005.
Besides Mr Shah, the chargesheet also names deputy inspector-general of police D.G. Vanzara, superintendents of police Rajkumar Pandian and M.N. Dinesh, and deputy superintendents of police M.L. Parmar and N.K. Amin among others.
In New Delhi, angry over the CBI summoning a Gujarat minister who happens to be the Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi’s close aide, the main Opposition BJP turned down the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh lunch’s invitation on Friday. The party claimed it refused to lunch with Dr Singh as the “environment was not cordial.” The party accused the government of “misusing CBI for political gains.”
Mr Amit Shah continues as home minister of Gujarat even though the CBI has declared him an absconder.