Gujarat govt confirms Kausar Bi was killed

New Delhi, Apr 30: The Gujarat Government today confirmed in the Supreme Court that Kausar Bi was also killed in a bid to destroy evidence available in the killing of her husband Sohrabuddin Sheikh in the November 26, 2005 fake encounter.

The apex court, meanwhile, said it would tomorrow pass an order on the petition seeking a CBI inquiry into the death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh following the receipt of a sealed report from the Gujarat police.

Senior counsel K T S Tulsi mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Justice Tarun Chatterjee.

In its invesitagion report, the state government cofirmed that Kausar Bi was killed and her body was burnt in a bid to destroy evidence.

The Supreme Court had earlier indicated that it would order the execution of a Habeas Corpus petition filed by Rubbabuddin, brother of the victim. The Gujarat government had admitted before the Supreme Court that Sohrabuddin and his wife were pulled out of the bus on November 25, 2005, which was on route from Hyderabad to Sangli.

Sohrabuddin was killed as he was suspected to be a LeT militant.

The police also killed Tulsi Ram Prajapati, the sole eyewitness to the fake encounter.

The Gujarat police have arrested three senior IPS officers who are currently in police remand. Two belong to Gujarat and one is from Rajasthan.

Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah is also under the cloud for his dubious role in the operation cover up. According to the Gujarat police, the deceased was involved in a conspiracy to eliminate state Cheif Minister Narendra Modi but all allegations later proved to be incorrect.

The Gujarat police also raided the residences of some other police officers of DSP and inspector rank and futher arrests cannot be ruled out.

UNI