Click to play videoNew Delhi: A Gujarat policeman's confessional statement to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has raised questions over Gujarat's Minister of State for Home Amit Shah, who is on the run since July 23 after being chargesheeted by the CBI in the fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, role in the murder of Kausar Bi.
The CBI is now looking closely at the ways adopted and reasons for killing fake encounter victim Sohrabuddin Shaikh's wife, Kausar Bi. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the CBI is investigating if Kausar Bi was killed by injecting a chemical. The investigating agency has reportedly identified the shop from where the injection allegedly used to kill Kaursar Bi was bought.
CNN-IBN had accessed testimony of Gujarat Police Inspector NV Chauhan who has reportedly claimed that Shah, who resigned from the post of Minister of State for Home on Saturday, asked IPS officer and former deputy inspector general (DIG) of Gujarat Police, DG Vanzara, to eliminate Kausar Bi in such a manner that her remains are not found.
"Amit Shah has resigned on the basis of news reports. We haven't received a chargesheet yet," said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Kausar Bi was killed in Arham farms on the midnight of November 28, 2005 and her body was transported from Arham farms to Illol village in a car belonging to the anti-terrorism squad. Kausar Bi's body was burnt in the presence of Vanzara and Deputy Superintendent of Police NK Amin.
The CBI reportedly has evidence to show that a TATA 407 brought 400 kg of wood from Bhagwati Farms on Motera road for Kausar Bi's cremation. The vehicle incidentally got stuck in a ditch, and was moved out by a crane provided by Ganesh Movers, numbered GJ-9B-4355. After burning her body, Kausar Bi's bones were immersed in Narmada and her ashes dispersed in the fields of Illol village.
Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Kausar Bi were brought from Andhra Pradesh to Ahmedabad in a Toyota Qualis.
On Friday, the CBI named Shah as a co-accused in the murder conspiracy of Kausar Bi and her husband. But in Kausar Bi's case, the agency seems to be relying heavily on the statement made by inspector Chauhan. In a court of law, the agency may need much more than that to substantiate its allegations against Shah.
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