Ishrat case: IPS officer's plea dismissed

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New Delhi: A CBI court dismissed IPS officer P.P. Pandey's plea the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case on Monday.
Pandey remains a declared absconder in the case after he evaded arrest in the case, which pertains to killing of four people including 19-year-old Ishrat from Mumbra and the allegation is that the four were in detention of Gujarat Police before they were killed in a stage-managed encounter in 2004.
CBI counsel had alleged that Pandey, a 1982 batch IPS officer of the Gujarat cadre, was the 'mastermind' behind the whole encounter as he received inputs, passed it to his subordinates and was in total control of operation.
"He actually acted as Rambo," the counsel had alleged in the court while opposing Pandey's plea for quashing of CBI's FIR. Pandey was heading the crime branch when Ishrat, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were killed in the encounter near here on June 15, 2004.
Pandey declared an absconder