CBI clean chit to Amit Shah in Ishrat Jahan encounter case

Regarding the resignation letter, CBI has said in its affidavit that, “The said resignation letter contains general allegations and not providing any concrete information about the role of Shah in this offence.

After receiving the letter, CBI examined Vanzara in the Jail. However, he has not disclosed any further details during his examinations.”

Vanzara had in his letter said that police “was following conscious policy of state government”, while conducting the encounter.

CBI has also given clean chit to Kaushik, the then city police commissioner and has made him an witness in the case.  

“During further investigation and evidence collected so far, it appears that Kaushik was not involved in the conspiracy of killing the deceased,” it said, adding that they have shown him as a prosecution witness in their supplementary charge sheet filed in the case.