Advani, Sushma's hubby dragged into Ishrat encounter case
New Delhi, July 11: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh, who always makes headlines with his statements, once again shocked all with his remarks against senior BJP leaders. This time Singh tried to drag senior BJP leaders into the controversial Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.
During an interview with national daily The Indian Express, Singh tried to establish the connections between Intelligence Bureau (IB) Special Director Rajinder Kumar and top BJP leaders such as -- LK Advani, Narendra Modi, Sushma Swaraj and her husband Swaraj Kaushal. Kumar has been named as one accused in the charge-sheet filed by the CBI in the fake encounter case.
However,
the
Congress
leader
claimed
that
he
did
not
try
to
establish
any
link
between
Kumar
and
BJP
leaders
but
he
tried
to
tell
the
"facts".
The
daily
quoted
Digvijay
Singh
as
saying,
"I
am
not
saying
anything.
I
am
only
stating
facts.
Is
it
not
a
fact
that
Kumar
was
a
close
associate
of
Swaraj
Kaushal
when
he
was
a
Governor
in
the
Northeast
(in
Mizoram)?"
"Is it not a fact that under Advani, Kumar was posted in IB, Ahmedabad? Is it not a fact that GL Singhal (then ACP in Ahmedabad) has said in his statement to the CBI that Kumar was involved in helping the Gujarat Police in the fake encounter?" added the Congress leader.
Singh also claimed that Kumar along with Gujarat Police had worked together to promote Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, "so that he becomes a hero in the mind of all people who believe that terrorism and acts of terror are only being done by the Muslims."
Earlier Singh had claimed that the union home ministry must clarify whether David Headley, key conspirator in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, told NIA that Ishrat Jehan, shot dead by Gujarat Police, had terrorist links.
Singh also had said that confusing statements were being made by different security agencies - the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
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