SC notice to Gujarat, Rajasthan in encounter killing8 Oct 2007, 1901 hrs IST,PTI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to Gujarat and Rajasthan governments on a petition seeking CBI probe into the killing of Tulsiram Prajapati, the alleged accomplice of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, who was eliminated in a fake encounter. A Bench headed by Justice Tarun Chatterjee tagged the petition filed by Prajapati's mother with the petition in which it has been monitoring the investigation of fake encounter relating to the killing of Sheikh and his wife Kauser Bi. Prajapati was allegedly apprehended in a joint operation by the Gujarat and Rajasthan Police, while travelling in a bus along with Sohrabuddin and his wife from Hyderabad to Sangli in Maharashtra, in which the Andhra Pradesh Police had provided the logistic support. While Sohrabuddin was killed in Gujarat, Prajapati was allegedly shot dead by the police in Rajasthan. Meanwhile, a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan also tagged with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh's matter the petition filed by veteran journalist B G Verghese seeking CBI probe into 21 incident of encounter killings in Gujarat since 2004.
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