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The much hyped and discussed alleged fake encounter case of IshratJahan comes to closure by denying permission to prosecute ex-IB official. The government has turned down the request of CBI for granting prosecution sanction of four IB officials, including a retired Special Director Rajender Kumar, who were allegedly involved in the conspiracy behind the killing of IshratJahan and three others.

The Central Bureau of Investigation had been investigating the case and accused the Intelligence Bureau officer Rajinder Kumar of murder and criminal conspiracy and booked him under Arms Act. The agency had also accused three serving IB officers, P Mittal, MK Sinha and Rajiv Wankhede of conspiracy and illegal confinement in the case.

In the alleged fake encounter, IshratJahan, her friend PraneshPillai alias Javed Sheikh along with two suspected Pakistanis namedAmjad Ali Rana and ZeeshanJohar were gunned down by Gujarat crime branch officials.The crime branch had claimed that the four of them were Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives who came to Gujarat with a conspiracy to kill the then Chief Minister NarendraModi.

By Premji