NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into claims made by means of a witness within the Sohrabuddin Shaikh alleged fake encounter case that a former policeman had given a contract to kill then Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya.
Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan said even after 15 years of investigation into Pandya's homicide, the to blame have been still at huge and the probe was once "inconclusive".
Pandya was once killed in 2003 whilst he was once out for a morning walk in Ahmedabad.
Azam Khan, an affiliate of Sohrabuddin and Tulsiram Prajapati and a key witness within the case, recently claimed within the courtroom that a former Gujarat IPS officer had given contract to kill the BJP chief.
Khan additionally said that whilst he had instructed the CBI investigator about it in 2010, the officer had refused to file it as a part of his remark.
"This fresh evidence must be treated with due respect. An inquiry must be ordered by the Supreme Court. It should be monitored by the court because of the sensitivity of the matter and the attempts to cover it up."
"We also request the home minister to give protection to these witnesses who have made these statements because we should not find them too in the obituary column," Vadakkan said.
He claimed no pastime was once taken by means of then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi after which state minister Amit Shah in the problem and it died a slow death.
"Everybody is acquitted? Nobody killed the Home Minister. This is what they tried to tell the world. Congress party demands that their role should also be investigated," Vadakkan added.
Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan said even after 15 years of investigation into Pandya's homicide, the to blame have been still at huge and the probe was once "inconclusive".
Pandya was once killed in 2003 whilst he was once out for a morning walk in Ahmedabad.
Azam Khan, an affiliate of Sohrabuddin and Tulsiram Prajapati and a key witness within the case, recently claimed within the courtroom that a former Gujarat IPS officer had given contract to kill the BJP chief.
Khan additionally said that whilst he had instructed the CBI investigator about it in 2010, the officer had refused to file it as a part of his remark.
"This fresh evidence must be treated with due respect. An inquiry must be ordered by the Supreme Court. It should be monitored by the court because of the sensitivity of the matter and the attempts to cover it up."
"We also request the home minister to give protection to these witnesses who have made these statements because we should not find them too in the obituary column," Vadakkan said.
He claimed no pastime was once taken by means of then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi after which state minister Amit Shah in the problem and it died a slow death.
"Everybody is acquitted? Nobody killed the Home Minister. This is what they tried to tell the world. Congress party demands that their role should also be investigated," Vadakkan added.
Pandya murder case: Congress demands SC-monitored probe into witness' claims
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