CBI keeps looking for ‘missing’ IB file on Sadiq Jamal

However,sources said that Rathi returned empty-handed after intelligence officials explained that such a demand should be routed through their headquarters in New Delhi. Besides,Rathi was also explained that the agency didn’t have any specific file containing inputs related to Sadiq alone.

“IB never had any file named after Sadiq. The agency shares inputs with other agencies under a particular folder name and the input related to Sadiq was also shared under that folder’s name. The IB officials refused to share inputs citing any such request by probing agency has to be routed through headquarters,” sources said.

The CBI chargesheet in the Sadiq encounter case has statements by IB officials that confirm the intelligence agency’s role in the handing over of Sadiq to the Gujarat Police. Sources said that some of the officials in Mumbai police have told the CBI that the custody of Sadiq was handed over to Gujarat Police only after IB’s intervention.

This is the reason CBI is desperately looking for a specific file containing all the inputs generated with regards to Sadiq’s alleged link with terror outfits. According to sources,the CBI still hasn’t got enough evidence to nail IB officials allegedly involved in the encounter.

It has also been learnt that CBI is likely to record statements of junior police officials under code of criminal procedure section 164,who were posted at Detection of Crime Branch during the encounter.