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This is an archive article published on November 23, 2011

Ishrat family seeks ‘capital punishment’

Demanding a CBI probe into the case,Ishrat Jehan’s family on Tuesday said the Special Investigation Team’s finding on the 2004 police encounter has vindicated their stand that she was innocent

Demanding a CBI probe into the case,Ishrat Jehan’s family on Tuesday said the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) finding on the 2004 police encounter has vindicated their stand that she was innocent.

“I have been always saying that my daughter is not at fault and this has been proved by the SIT report. Our demand for CBI probe into the killing is still pending,” Ishrat’s mother Shamima Kausar told a news conference in Thane.

Ishrat —a 19-year-old girl — along with Javed Sheikh alias Pranesh Pillai,Amjad Ali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were killed by Ahmedabad Crime Branch on June 15,2004. “Considering the stigma and ordeal we underwent,we want that all those involved in the killing should be brought to book and given capital punishment,” said Ishrat’s brother Raza Anwar Iqbal.

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