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MUMBAI, March 3: The police sub-inspector who recorded the missing complaint of Abu Sayama alias Javed Fawda8217;s sister Rubina today told the encounters inquiry commission that Rubina had lodged her complaint at Bandra police station on August 28, 1997 and not on August 26, the day Javed went missing.
Earlier, both Rubina and witness Anwar Khan Mehoob Khan had told the court that the complaint was lodged on August 26 after it was learnt that Javed was taken away by some three to four men when he came out of the mosque.
Bhosale stated thathe then enquired with Rubina whether she had Sayama8217;s photograph, to which she replied that it was at home and that she would bring it. However, she did not turn up, he added.
The complaint entry No 34, dated August 28, 1997, recorded at 12.25 pm in stationary diary No 21/97, was produced before the court and was marked as an exhibit.
Bhosale deposed that on September 2, 1997, he learnt that one Javed Fawda was killed in a police encounter. Since the missing person8217;s name Javed Abid Ali Shaikh, he asked a constable to make enquiries at Rubina Banu8217;s house to ascertain whether the person who was killed in the encounter was the same as the missing person.
The constable reported to him that when he went to the house, there was a crowd gathered there, which prevented him from making enquiries, he stated. He later learnt from constable Kadam that Javed Fawda8217;s funeral procession was taking place. About three days later, he sent another constable to Rubina8217;s house, but nobody was there.
Bhosale personallyvisited Rubina8217;s house on September 10, he stated, and after making inquiries with her, found that the missing person was the same Javed Fawda who was killed in the encounter. After that, he made an entry in the station diary that the missing person and Javed Fawda is the same person.
