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Javed’s father seeks CBI probe into deaths

The state govt has sought time to furnish its side of the story against a petition filed by Gopinathan Pillai, father of Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai in the Gujarat high court.

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Amid the blame game surrounding the genuineness of the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, the state government has sought time to furnish its side of the story against a petition filed by Gopinathan Pillai, father of Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai in the Gujarat high court.

With the assistant public prosecutor’s statement that Kamal Trivedi, advocate general will argue the case further, Justice HN Devani of the Gujarat high court adjourned the petition till Wednesday. In his petition before the Gujarat high court, the father of Javed, Gopinathan Pillai, has raised doubts over the genuineness of the encounter and has sought investigation into the case by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Counsel for Javed, Mukul Sinha, has argued that the investigation should be handed over to the CBI as Javed was killed by the police in staged encounter. However, Justice Devani, at that point commented that the high court has already constituted a committee comprising three high-ranking police officers to inquire the case, therefore it is not necessitate a fresh probe.

The public prosecutor also pointed out that the state government-appointed committee formed in accordance with high court order has already started functioning. Therefore, he said, that there isn’t any need to entrust another investigation agency for a fresh probe on the case.

Meanwhile, Sinha, while citing the report submitted by the metropolitan magistrate SP Tamang, sought permission to submit the report, which concluded that Ishrat and three others were killed in a fake encounter, before the high court.

It is pertinent to note that Justice Kalpesh Jhaveri of Gujarat high court had ordered forming a committee of high ranking police officials to probe the encounter and give its report within three months.

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