High Court asks state to file affidavit on demand for CBI probe

Shamima Kausar and Gopinath Pillai,mother and father of Ishrat and Javed,respectively,had filed separate petitions praying CBI probe in the case. The two have been claiming that their daughter and son have been eliminated by Gujarat Police in a fake encounter.

Arguing on behalf of the state government,the Advocate General has been opposing the petitions.

On Tuesday,the High Court reminded the state that despite it’s direction to file their contentions in affidavit format,the state government has not done so.

The court also said that the state should come out with a paper as to on which grounds it is opposing the petitions.

The court also sought state’s response to possibilities of re-constitution of SIT or to hand over the inquiry to the Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) as per the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) guidelines.

The court indicated that it may re-constitute the SIT by appointing some officer(s) of the central agencies.