Govt to provide facilities in 10 days to agency’s teams probing Sadiq, Ishrat cases.
The Gujarat government has decided to provide infrastructure facilities and security to the team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is probing Sadik Jamal and Ishrat Jahan fake encounter cases.
Government pleader PK Jani, on Monday, furnished details of a meeting conducted by the top brass of the state government in connection with providing infrastructure and security to the CBI team camping in the state, to comply with Gujarat high court order.
Jani furnished the details during the hearing of an application moved by the CBI alleging non-operation by the government to the team entrusted with the probe of Sadik Jamal encounter case.
During the hearing, Justice MR Shah asked the state government why it had failed in providing proper infrastructure to the investigating agency in the last six months. "You have not done anything else, except for exchange of correspondences in this period," the court observed.
Following criticism from the high court, government pleader Jani said that all the required infrastructure facilities, including 2,500 square feet office space in Gandhinagar with internet and telephone connection and security guards, would be provided within 10 days.
Jani also said that six personnel of the State Reserve Police (SRP) would be provided to the CBI.
Sadik was killed in an encounter by city crime branch officials in Naroda area on January 12, 2003.
The high court had transferred the probe of the case from Gujarat police to the CBI on June 16, 2011 and had directed the CBI to complete the investigation within six months.
But last week, the CBI, in its application to the high court, had sought six months' extension in the case, citing non-availability of proper infrastructure for carrying out the investigation. The CBI had stated that it was conducting investigations from the Circuit House and Vishram Gruh (government rest house), as there was no infrastructure facility provided by the state government, "which was one of the causes of the delay in the probe".
Further date of hearing in the case is fixed on February 7.
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