CBI to grill former Gujarat minister Amit Shah today

Former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah will be questioned in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today. He will be interrogated by the CBI for the first time today and the questioning will go on for three days.

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Shah will be quizzed under the scrutiny of a judicial officer inside the Sabarmati jail, and this will be video-taped, which the CBI believes will eliminate any chances of finger-pointing towards the agency.



The CBI will grill him on whether he had a role to play in the killing of Kauser bi and destruction of evidence.



The probe into Gujarat's extra-judicial killings by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team had uncovered strong links between Amit Shah and the deaths of Sohrabuddin and his wife Kausarbi. Hindustan Times has accessed part of the SIT report that indicates a large body of evidence against the Gujarat minister.



According to SIT reports, its probe was proceeding "smoothly and properly" as long as it was outside Gujarat. "However, as soon as the statements of witnesses pertaining to confinement of Sohrabuddin and Kausar bi… came to be recorded, it came to the knowledge of D.G. Vanzara and Rajkumar Pandian (both jailed for the fake encounters)… these officers brought the above facts to the notice of… Shri Amit Shah."



Shah allegedly "brought to bear pressure on G.C. Raigar," then additional Director General of Police (state CID, crime). Raigar allegedly directed SIT chief Geetha Johri to "suspend the enquiry and took away the papers of inquiry under the guise of scrutiny".



Shah, according to SIT findings, directed investigating officers to provide him with the list of witnesses, both police and private, yet to be contacted by the CID (crime). The report says Shah's direction had gone beyond the scope of his office, was patently illegal and designed to provide the same list to Vanzara and Pandian so they could take defensive measures.



He resigned as minister of state for home in the Gujarat government on Saturday after a chargesheet was filed against him. The former minister was arrested on Sunday and sent to judicial custody till August 7


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