Amin surrenders before local court in fake encounter case

Ahmedabad, Aug 16 (UNI) Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) DSP N K Amin today surrendered before a local court for his alleged involvement in the fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh by Gujarat ATS in 2005.

Amin surrendered this afternoon before the city session court judge P P Bhatt as his anticipatory bail was rejected by the Supreme Court on August 13.

However, the local court remanded him to judicial custody as his second anticipatory bail application is still pending before the apex court.

Amin's first anticipatory application was rejected by the apex court following an appeal filed by the Gujarat government.

The state government took this step after the Supreme Court pulled up the government in the case last month. Amin is among a dozen police officers of Gujarat and Rajasthan police, who have been charged with murdering Sohrabuddin in a fake encounter.

Three IPS officers and eight others have been arrested in the sensational case in which ATS teams of the two states allegedly murdered Sohrabuddin and eliminated his wife Kausar bi. The case, which was hushed up by police, is now being investigated by CID Crime under the direct supervision of Supreme Court.

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