The CBI, probing the 2004 fake encounter case of Isharat Jahan and three others, on Tuesday arrested suspended IPS officer D G Vanzara from Sabarmati Central Jail.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the 2004 fake encounter case of Isharat Jahan and three others, on Tuesday arrested suspended Indian Penal Service officer D G Vanzara from Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad. The arrest was made after permission was granted by a special CBI court earlier in the day, sources said.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court inn Ahmedabad on Tuesday granted permission to the central probe agency to arrest Gujarat IPS officer D G Vanzara, in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.
The special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Monday gave bail to suspended Indian Police Service officer G L Singhal and three other Gujarat police officers arrested by the CBI in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. Bail was granted as CBI failed to file a chargesheet against them within the mandatory 90 days from arrest.
'So much so we don't feel the need to create anything, but just bask in that glory.' 'It's time to move on.' 'How much burden can you put on a person or the legacy of the person?'
'The people, media and politicians are ready to listen to the troubles of Kangana Ranaut, but we are unwanted lives in the heart of Delhi.' Shine Jacob reports.
Apart from them, Chidambaram's wife -- Nalini -- has been chargesheeted by the CBI in the Saradha chit-fund scam for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.4 crore.
A local court on Monday extended the custody of two police officers, Tarun Barot and Bharat Patel, arrested on Saturday by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan, for three more days.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested one more police officer in connection with the alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others in 2004, officials of the agency said. The CBI on Saturday evening arrested Police Inspector of Special Operation Group, Gandhinagar, Bharat Patel in the case. He was produced on Sunday before the court, along with suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Tarun Barot, who was also arrested on Saturday.
'The very police who are supposed to protect us, gun down our children as if they were from an enemy country,' Gopinatha Pillai, father of Javed Ghulam Sheikh who was killed in the Ishrat Jahan case, tells A Ganesh Nadar
A Muslim woman, who was divorced by her husband through a phone call from Dubai, has challenged the Muslim practices of polygamy, triple talaq (talaq-e-bidat) and nikah halala, leading the Supreme Court to seek response from the Centre on her plea on Friday.
KXIP have been perennial underachievers and barring two seasons -- 2008 and 2014 -- they have failed to make the playoffs and finished last thrice (2010, 2015 and 2016).
Foot-tapping drumbeats, sing-along martial tunes and calming chimes reverberated the air as the imposing Rashtrapati Bhavan lit up at sunset to announce the end of the 64th Republic Day celebrations with 'Beating the Retreat' ceremony at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi on Tuesday.
In a surprise move, Gujarat government on Wednesday reinstated suspended IPS officer G L Singhal, an accused in Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case whose recording of phone conversations had brought to light the snooping scandal allegedly involving Narendra Modi aide Amit Shah.
A suspended IPS officer accused in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case sought default bail on Thursday from the special court here, after the CBI which is investigating the case, failed to file a chargesheet within 90 days of his arrest.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested two police officers who were part of as many squads that took part in the alleged fake encounter of teenage girl Ishrat Jahan and three others in 2004 in Gujarat.
The officer was recently in news for allegedly "tutoring" witnesses in the missing files case, a charge denied by him.
Eleven Gujarat policemen, including mid-level officers, who were named as accused in the FIR filed by CBI in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case but not chargesheeted, have been made witnesses by the probe agency.
The farmers' tractor rally - Kisaan Parade - against the farm laws was expected to be held after 12 pm. However, huge crowds gathered on the borders at around 8 am.
A hurt but 'relieved' Mohammed Shami, on Thursday, said that he was always confident about proving his innocence in the wake of corruption allegations levelled against him by his wife Hasin Jahan.
The Gujarat government has transferred 50 Indian Police Service officers, including Satish Verma, a member of special investigation team which probed Ishrat Jahan encounter case.
India pacer Mohammed Shami had another reason to celebrate Eid after becoming a proud father for the first time following the birth of his daughter.
'Does it mean that till the COVID-19 fight is over, the governor should be non-functional, in sleep mode, and fiddling in the Raj Bhavan while the state is burning?'
'This is how Narendra Modi-Amit Shah rule. They are now announcing that these arrested Naxalites want to kill Modi.'
The Gujarat High Court on Friday stayed the inquiry against IPS officer Satish Verma, who was part of a Special Investigation Team formed by the court to investigate Ishrat Jahan encounter before the case was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation, and slammed the state government over its action.
The Central Bureau of Investigation will soon question some officials of the Intelligence Bureau in connection with a 2004 alert generated by the snooping agency regarding Lashkar-e-Tayiba's plan to attack some Bharatiya Janata Party leaders leading to an alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan by Gujarat police.
'Amid the different versions of truth on the Ishrat case, what is certain is that Ishrat's mother Shamima Kausar, who has continued to maintain that Headley's confession was nothing but an attempt by powerful people to save themselves in the case, is unlikely to find a closure anytime soon.'
A controversy has erupted over the reported remarks of Central Bureau of Investigation chief Ranjit Sinha that the United Progressive Allianc government would have been happy if the Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah was named as accused in Ishrat Jahan case chargesheet, a comment which he has denied.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah may not figure as an accused in the supplementary charge sheet which is likely to be filed soon by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Ishrat Jahan encounter case.
The new Lok Sabha will have 300 MPs who have been elected for the first time to the Lower House.
Bringing down curtains to the 11-year-long probe, the government has turned down the request of the Central Bureau of Investigation for granting prosecution sanction to four IB officials, including retired Special Director Rajender Kumar, who were allegedly involved in conspiracy behind killing of Ishrat Jahan and three others.
The city administration is all geared up for the big day and preparations are in full swing to present the 'best face of Agra'.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on questioned Gujarat Minister of State for Law Pradeepsinh Jadeja in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, sources in the central agency said in Ahmedabad.
'Why do politicians ask for votes if they cannot rehabilitate us? Where do we go -- to the footpath?'
Former Union Home Secretary G K Pillai on Thursday said that the affidavit submitted to the Gujarat high court in 2009 about Lashkar-e-Taiyba links of Ishrat Jahan and her accomplices, who were killed in an alleged fake encounter in 2004, was changed at the "political level".
Madrassas in Bareilly area which defied the Uttar Pradesh government order on unfurling the national flag and singing the national anthem on Independence Day may face action, including under the stringent National Security Act,
Uttar Pradesh Minority Affairs Minister Azam Khan wants the Taj Mahal to be handed over to the Sunni Waqf Board, which has jurisdiction over Muslim tombs and graves, since the iconic monument had the mausoleum of two Muslims.
Pakistan said India has denied that an official allegedly made remarks that the 2008 Mumbai attacks and a 2001 terrorist assault on the Indian parliament were "engineered".
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