New Delhi: Former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah, considered a close aide of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, has been called to Delhi for questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the 2006 fake encounter of Tulsiram Prajapati, a key witness to the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kausarbi. The CBI asked Shah, who is out on bail after being arrested in the Sohrabuddin case,...
04:38 PM, Jan 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court pulled up the Narendra Modi government on Thursday for not handing over the CD's to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. The apex court had directed the Gujarat government to submit the CDs with call details of senior state police officials allegedly involved in the fake encounter case. Rapping the state government, the Supreme Court has given the...
01:55 PM, Dec 01, 2011
New Delhi: BJP President Nitin Gadakri wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday complaining about the 'witch hunt' carried out against Team Anna and Baba Ramdev. He accused the ruling UPA of using government machinery to target members of Anna Hazare's team - Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan and Kiran Bedi. Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi and Prashant Bhushan were served with privilege motions. They have been accused of using derogatory...
07:28 PM, Sep 04, 2011
Ahmedabad: The CBI on Friday took over the case related to fake encounter of Tulsiram Prajapati - a key witness to the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kausarbi - by re-registering FIR in its Mumbai office. CBI IG, P Kandaswamy, who is heading the investigation team, confirmed that FIR had been filed. He, however, declined to divulge more details. The Supreme Court, on April 8, had ordered that...
05:32 PM, Apr 29, 2011
New Delhi: In an embarrassment to the BJP government in Gujarat, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered a CBI probe into the alleged fake encounter killing of Tulsiram Prajapati, stated to be an eyewitness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case allegedly involving former state minister Amit Shah. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and BS Chauhan rejected the plea of the Gujarat government that no CBI probe can be ordered...
11:37 AM, Apr 08, 2011
New Delhi: Former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah on Thursday told the Supreme Court (SC) that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was trying to heap all the sins of extortion committed by Sohrabuddin Sheikh on him by branding him the head of the extortion racket having politician-police-criminal nexus. The apex court bench of Justice P Sathasivam and Justice BS Chauhan was told that the conduct of...
11:04 AM, Mar 11, 2011
New Delhi: Former Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah conspired with policemen to kill Tulsiram Prajapati, a witness to the Sohrabuddin fake encounter, CBI told the Supreme court on Wednesday. Shah is also a close aide to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The CBI has claimed that Shah had conspired with a section of Gujarat police officials to eliminate Prajapati in 2006. The CBI told the Supreme Court this was because...
06:58 PM, Mar 09, 2011
CBI has claimed that Shah has conspired with a section of Gujrat police officials to kill Tulsiram Prajapati. ...
06:41 PM, Mar 09, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for taking a very "hostile" stand against the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government. Singh took on the BJP while addressing the editors of major TV channels in New Delhi and claimed that the Opposition has been unfairly targeting the Government and disrupting Parliament. "BJP has especially taken a very hostile policy. BJP has given a reason...
04:30 PM, Feb 16, 2011
New Delhi: Former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah has been asked to leave Gujarat by Sunday morning and stay out of the state by the Supreme Court. A two-judge bench comprising of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice RM Lodha heard the case at the residence of Justice Alam in New Delhi asking him to stay out of Gujarat till further order. The Supreme Court on Saturday issued...
06:12 PM, Oct 30, 2010
New Delhi: The CBI late on Friday night filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the bail granted by the Gujarat High Court to former Gujarat minister Amit Shah earlier in the day and sought an urgent hearing. The petition was filed in the Deputy Registrar's office around 10.30 PM, hours after the top brass of the premier investigating agency decided to move the Apex court for...
09:08 AM, Oct 30, 2010
Ahmedabad Former Gujarat minister of state for Home Amit Shah was on Friday granted bail by the Gujarat High Court in the Shorabuddin Sheikh encounter case. While granting the bail, the court observed that the investigation conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Shorabuddin encounter case had many loopholes. Shah has been granted after being in the jail for almost three months. His lawyer Nirupam Nanavati welcomed the decision....
03:09 PM, Oct 29, 2010
Ahmedabad: In more embarrassment for former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, a special court on Friday rejected his bail application saying he may misuse his political powers to hamper investigation in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, in which he is an accused. Special CBI Judge G K Upadhyaya passed the order after hearing the bail plea. The court observed that there is eye-catching evidence in the form of statements recorded...
06:24 PM, Oct 08, 2010
Ahmedabad: In an unexpected turn of events BJP leader L.K. Advani, the original rathyatri, has broken his silence on the Ayodhya title suit verdict just five days before it’s due to be delivered. Advani has also stirred a controversy by visiting Sohrabuddin fake encounter accused former home minister of Gujarat Amit Shah at Sabarmati Jail. “I was satisfied to know that the Babri verdict will come out on September 24....
11:11 PM, Sep 18, 2010
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