CBI urges SC to transfer Tulsiram case to Mumbai

Earlier,the CBI filed its chargesheet in September 2012 in Tulsiram encounter case against Shah,along with 19 policemen,including the then DGP P C Pande,retired IPS O P Mathur,ADGP Geetha Johri and suspended IPS officers D G Vanzara,Rajkumar Pandian,Dinesh M N and Vipul Aggarwal. Apart from Shah,Vanzara,Pandian,Dinesh are also key accused in the Sohrabuddin encounter case. They were shifted to Navi Mumbai’s Taloja jail.

About two months back,CBI had approached the special CBI court in Ahmedabad,requesting to transfer the case to Mumbai. However,the court rejected it,saying that ordering the transfer doesn’t fall under its jurisdiction and it would not initiate it unless it gets proper order from the concerned authorities.

“Therefore,we have approached the Supreme Court to pass an appropriate order in this regard. The matter hasn’t come on board,but we are expecting it soon,” said CBI’s senior counsel Ejaz Khan.

Many accused policemen,including Vanzara,Pandian and Dinesh,who were shifted to Taloja jail in Mumbai,were being brought to Ahmedabad before the CBI court to mark their presence every 14th day in the Tulsiram case. They were,however,taken back to Mumbai after the hearings. About two months back,the CBI court here ordered not to bring them here unless required.