Guj Police embroiled in another fake encounter case

Ahmedabad, Sep 1 (UNI) After the fake encounter deaths of Sohrabbudin Shaikh and his wife Kauserbi by the Gujarat ATS, the Ahmedabad City Crime Branch officials are embroiled in another fake encounter case -- that of Samir Khan in 2002.

Metropolitan judge T V Joshi today heard the arguments by Adv I M Munshi, who appeared for Shaista Khan -- cousin brother of Samir. Shaista Khan had filed an application on July 13 this year before the court urging that fresh investigations be instituted in this case on the lines of the Sohrabuddin Shaikh case. Judge Joshi has set October 3 as the next date for hearing in the case.

Samir Khan was arrested by the Rajkot police under the Official Secrets Act on September 3, 2002. He was also charged with murdering a constable, Vishnu Zala, of the Ahmedabad police in 1996.

Samir Khan was brought to the Ahmedabad crime branch from Rajkot for a lie-dection test on October 21, 2002. However, next day, he was allegedly killed in an encounter by a crime branch team led by Tarun Barot and K M Vaghela.

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