AHMEDABAD: Retired IPS officer and a key accused in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan faux come across case, D G Vanzara on Tuesday told a special CBI courtroom, that there was once no question of him regarding the then Gujarat leader minister Narendra Modi and state home minister Amit Shah as ‘Safed Dadhi’ (white beard) and ‘Kali Dadhi’ (black beard), respectively.
Arguing for Vanzara’s discharge from the case, his suggest V D Gajjar submitted, “Gujarat’s IPS officials weren't so careless that they would use phrases like ‘Kali Dadhi’ and ‘Safed Dadhi’ for his or her higher authorities in entrance of a subordinate officer. Such disrespect is towards the provisions of their carrier guide.”
One witness, the then police inspector D H Goswami had mentioned to the probe company, the CBI, that he had heard Vanzara telling a co-accused police inspector, K M Waghela, that ‘Kali Dadhi’ and ‘Safed Dadhi’ had given them a green sign for the come across of 19-year-old woman from Mumbra and 3 others. Modi and Shah had been informally known as ‘Safed Dadhi’ and ‘Kali Dadhi’ in the Ahmedabad crime branch, the witness had mentioned.
“These phrases appear to have been put in the mouth of the witness through former investigator Satish Verma and the CBI, whose aim was once to target two political personalities, Modi and Shah,” Vanzara’s lawyer further argued.
Vanzara’s suggest cited the Central Intelligence Bureau’s affidavit filed earlier than the Supreme Court in 2013 to underline that intelligence inputs regarding the arrival of Ishrat, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjad Ali Rana and Jishan Zohar to kill Modi had been equipped to the then Ahmedabad commissioner of police, K R Kaushik. “Where is Kaushik (in the chargesheet)? Only subordinates had been made accused. They best performed orders,” the lawyer argued further, including, “Looking on the reports of different encounters, Kaushik was once on leave on every of the occasions.”
It was once argued that there was once no proof in the chargesheet filed through the CBI towards Vanzara and there have been contradictions in the chargesheet. The defence lawyer also questioned the chargesheet over the CBI making witnesses out of doable accused individuals after recording their statements. He cited the instance of police inspector Bharat Patel, who was once arrested, remanded and despatched to judicial custody as an accused, however was once mysteriously shown as a witness in the chargesheet, without following any procedure of law.
The suggest also raised doubts about the credibility of witnesses through hanging across the fact that crime branch constable Nizamuddin Saiyed, given a sworn observation through stating ‘Bhagwan ki saugandh’ as a substitute of the God he believes in as a devout Muslim. The courtroom posted an additional hearing on Vanzara’s discharge software for June 15. Vanzara, who retired in 2014, was once discharged from the Sohrabuddin Sheikh come across case through a Mumbai CBI courtroom in 2017.
Sword still hangs over IB officials
Two months ago, special CBI pass judgement on J K Pandya quashed summons issued to two IB officials through a magisterial courtroom which had taken cognizance of a chargesheet filed towards them in 2014 in the Ishrat case. When Vanzara’s suggest submitted that the CBI courtroom had upheld the safety towards felony prosecution of IB officials without permission from the federal government underneath phase 197 of the CrPC, the pass judgement on interrupted to elucidate, “The summons was once issued for the offence of phase 302 of the IPC (homicide), however the IB officials had been charged for offences rather than homicide. Therefore, the summons was once quashed. It was once no longer since the government refused sanction underneath phase 197. Summons will also be issued once more for the costs (abduction and unlawful detention) levelled towards them.”
Eyeing promotion, N K Amin in a hurry
As the Ishrat Jahan come across case was once adjourned until June 15 through special CBI pass judgement on J K Pandya on Tuesday, N K Amin asked the courtroom to deliver its verdict on his discharge software early. “Vanzara and I are on a different footing. I've a closing date of August 31 to clear the case for attention of my promotion,” he told the courtroom. Amin, regardless that he retired in 2016, was once beneficial for the IPS cadre through the Centre, matter to him coming clean in felony instances. Amin has been discharged in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh come across case.
Arguing for Vanzara’s discharge from the case, his suggest V D Gajjar submitted, “Gujarat’s IPS officials weren't so careless that they would use phrases like ‘Kali Dadhi’ and ‘Safed Dadhi’ for his or her higher authorities in entrance of a subordinate officer. Such disrespect is towards the provisions of their carrier guide.”
One witness, the then police inspector D H Goswami had mentioned to the probe company, the CBI, that he had heard Vanzara telling a co-accused police inspector, K M Waghela, that ‘Kali Dadhi’ and ‘Safed Dadhi’ had given them a green sign for the come across of 19-year-old woman from Mumbra and 3 others. Modi and Shah had been informally known as ‘Safed Dadhi’ and ‘Kali Dadhi’ in the Ahmedabad crime branch, the witness had mentioned.
“These phrases appear to have been put in the mouth of the witness through former investigator Satish Verma and the CBI, whose aim was once to target two political personalities, Modi and Shah,” Vanzara’s lawyer further argued.
Vanzara’s suggest cited the Central Intelligence Bureau’s affidavit filed earlier than the Supreme Court in 2013 to underline that intelligence inputs regarding the arrival of Ishrat, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjad Ali Rana and Jishan Zohar to kill Modi had been equipped to the then Ahmedabad commissioner of police, K R Kaushik. “Where is Kaushik (in the chargesheet)? Only subordinates had been made accused. They best performed orders,” the lawyer argued further, including, “Looking on the reports of different encounters, Kaushik was once on leave on every of the occasions.”
It was once argued that there was once no proof in the chargesheet filed through the CBI towards Vanzara and there have been contradictions in the chargesheet. The defence lawyer also questioned the chargesheet over the CBI making witnesses out of doable accused individuals after recording their statements. He cited the instance of police inspector Bharat Patel, who was once arrested, remanded and despatched to judicial custody as an accused, however was once mysteriously shown as a witness in the chargesheet, without following any procedure of law.
The suggest also raised doubts about the credibility of witnesses through hanging across the fact that crime branch constable Nizamuddin Saiyed, given a sworn observation through stating ‘Bhagwan ki saugandh’ as a substitute of the God he believes in as a devout Muslim. The courtroom posted an additional hearing on Vanzara’s discharge software for June 15. Vanzara, who retired in 2014, was once discharged from the Sohrabuddin Sheikh come across case through a Mumbai CBI courtroom in 2017.
Sword still hangs over IB officials
Two months ago, special CBI pass judgement on J K Pandya quashed summons issued to two IB officials through a magisterial courtroom which had taken cognizance of a chargesheet filed towards them in 2014 in the Ishrat case. When Vanzara’s suggest submitted that the CBI courtroom had upheld the safety towards felony prosecution of IB officials without permission from the federal government underneath phase 197 of the CrPC, the pass judgement on interrupted to elucidate, “The summons was once issued for the offence of phase 302 of the IPC (homicide), however the IB officials had been charged for offences rather than homicide. Therefore, the summons was once quashed. It was once no longer since the government refused sanction underneath phase 197. Summons will also be issued once more for the costs (abduction and unlawful detention) levelled towards them.”
Eyeing promotion, N K Amin in a hurry
As the Ishrat Jahan come across case was once adjourned until June 15 through special CBI pass judgement on J K Pandya on Tuesday, N K Amin asked the courtroom to deliver its verdict on his discharge software early. “Vanzara and I are on a different footing. I've a closing date of August 31 to clear the case for attention of my promotion,” he told the courtroom. Amin, regardless that he retired in 2016, was once beneficial for the IPS cadre through the Centre, matter to him coming clean in felony instances. Amin has been discharged in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh come across case.
Didn’t use Safed Dadhi, Kali Dadhi: D G Vanzara
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