The Central agency is yet to be given an office in Ahmedabad specifically for its team investigating the Ishrat Jahan case. Till then, the team will function from the CBI offices in Gandhinagar.
The CBI on Thursday formally took possession of the documents and other items of evidence in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case and began further investigations. The CBI has constituted a team especially for the investigation of the fake encounter case.
Earlier, the CBI had registered an FIR in the case with the agency's special crimes unit at Mumbai. So far, the agency has registered a case against 20 Gujarat police officers on the charge of murder and destruction of evidence.
The Central agency is yet to be given an office in Ahmedabad city specifically for its team investigating the Ishrat Jahan case. Till then, the team will function from the CBI offices in Gandhinagar, sources said.
"The team is expected to issue summons to officers suspected of playing a role in the fake encounter and will start recording their statements," a source said adding that arrests are
unlikely in the beginning.
"The team will start with recording of statements of the accused. Its emphasis will be on collecting further evidence," the source said.
"As some senior police officials are among the accused in the case, nothing will be done unless the agency gets enough evidence," the source added.
The fake encounter case was transferred to the CBI by the Gujarat high court after the special investigating team (SIT) set up the court concluded that Ishrat Jahan was killed in a fake encounter.
The high court had directed the CBI to file a fresh FIR on December 1 and take over the case for further investigation.
Mumbai-girl Ishrat Jahan and three other persons - Javed Sheikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjad Ali Rana and Zeeshan Johar - were killed in a fake encounter by a team of Ahmedabad DCB on the outskirts of the city in June 2004.
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