Ahmedabad, July 28: The CBI today grilled for more than four hours former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in Sabarmati jail for his alleged role in the killing of suspected gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife in 2005.
A CBI team started interrogating 46-year-old Shah around 11 AM and his quizzing continued till around 3.30 PM, sources in the Central agency said.
The questioning of Shah, lodged in Tilak barrack of Sabarmati Jail near here after being arrested last Sunday, is likely to continue tomorrow.
The BJP leader was asked questions pertaining to the kidnapping of Sohrabuddin and his wife Kausar Bi and their killings, political compulsions for conducting the encounter and alleged involvement of Rajasthan marble lobby in it, the sources said.
The CBI team was led by Chief Investigating Officer of the case Amitabh Thakur.