Two separate petitions,both relating to alleged fake encounters in Gujarat between 2002 and 2006,will be heard by the Supreme Court in January next. Ordering this,a Bench of Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai said,These are important matters pending for four to five years. We dont want any further delay. The petitions allege there was a pattern to the encounters,with people from the minority community being the target. While one petition filed by journalist B G Verghese seeks an inquiry into 21 alleged fake encounter killings in Gujarat between 2003 and 2006,another filed by lyricist Javed Akhtar seeks a probe by a special investigation team into the alleged fake encounters in Gujarat claiming innocent people,particularly from Muslim community,were targeted as terrorists.
