Journalism of Courage
The CBI claimed that BJP leader Prakash Javadekar admitted his presence at a meeting shown in a sting operation in connection with the Tulsiram Prajapati encounter case. Sources claimed Javadekar fully cooperated during his questioning at agency headquarters on September 27 and said he was present in the meeting which was caught on hidden camera by an independent journalist.
The agency has also questioned party MP Bhupendra Yadav and summoned BJP general secretary Ramlal who also figured in the sting related to the encounter case.
The three leaders had refuted the charge of trying to subvert the legal process and maintained they are innocent. In the sting,the leaders are purportedly shown discussing how Prajapatis mother Narmadabai can be convinced to change her vakalatnama (authorisation letter to the lawyer).
She has filed a case alleging that her son was killed in a fake encounter in which BJP general secretary Amit Shah is an accused. However,BJP has claimed there is nothing incriminating against the three leaders.
Prajapati,who was allegedly a witness to Sohrabuddin Sheikhs murder,was killed on December 2006 a year after Sheikh was shot dead in an alleged fake encounter in Gujarat.
