Guj govt gifts land to cop who monitored Sohrabuddin killing probe

Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam alleged in the SC that a senior IPS officer in Gujarat was allotted a plot of land by the Gujarat govt.

Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam alleged in the Supreme Court on Thursday that a senior IPS officer in Gujarat was allotted a plot of land by the state government after she took over supervision of the probe into Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing.

Subramaniam,who is an amicus curaie (friend of the court) in the matter,told a bench of Justices Tarun Chatterjee and Aftab Alam that Inspector General of Police Geeta Johri was alloted the land in Gandhinagar a few days after she took over supervision of investigations into the killings.

He presented an order purportedly issued by Gujarat government on July 1,2006,allotting a piece of plot to Johri.

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According to Subramaniam,Johri had taken over investigations into the case from June 27,2006,and the plot was alloted to her on July 1,2006.

Subramaniam’s remarks drew protests from senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi,appearing for Gujarat government,who described the charge as “most unfortunate.”

Sohrabuddin,his wife Kauser Bi and another person were killed in a fake encounter by the Anti-Terrorists Squad of Gujarat police comprising some top police officials of the state.

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