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Trivedis office where a group of officers reportedly discussed ways to sabotage investigation in the case.

The CBI team probing the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case on Saturday questioned G C Murmu,the Principal Secretary to Chief Minister,and Ahmedabad Crime Branch Joint Commissioner of Police A K Sharma in connection with the voice recordings submitted by suspended SP Girish Singhal.

The voice recordings,now part of the chargesheet,contained alleged details of a meeting held at Advocate General Kamal Trivedis office where a group of officers reportedly discussed ways to sabotage investigation in the case.

Murmu is also in charge of law and order.

Singhal,who was arrested in the case and is now out on bail,had submitted to the CBI two pen drives containing discussions reportedly held between government officials,lawyers,ministers and police officers that he had secretly recorded in November 2011. According to the alleged voice recordings,Murmu,Sharma,former minister of state (Home) Praful Patel and former Law minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja discussed the case with Trivedi.

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The meeting was reportedly held the night before the Gujarat High Court-appointed SIT,led by Satish Verma,was to submit a status report. In the alleged recordings,Trivedi is heard saying,If the SIT tomorrow declares the encounter fake,all of us have to collectively stand up and shout that the SIT is fake. Murmu is reportedly heard saying,No harm should come to the state or its officers.

The CBI questioned Murmu and Sharma for more than two hours. They denied being part of any meeting at Trivedis office or any strategy to derail the investigation,sources in the CBI said.

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