CBI probing all angles into Ishrat case: Director

In a statement before the Magistrate, DIG of crime branch D.G. Vanzara reportedly claimed he got the nod from Gujarat’s political leadership for the encounter. CBI is probing “all angles” in the Ishrat Jahan case including the statements of some witnesses claiming knowledge of political conspiracy behind the fake encounter involving the Gujarat Police and the Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau. “We are investigating all the angles related to it,” CBI Director Ranjit Sinha said. Mr. Sinha was asked whether CBI is probing the statement given by Deputy Superintendent of Police D.H. Goswami before the Magistrate where he reportedly claimed that DIG of crime branch D.G. Vanzara had got the nod from Gujarat’s political leadership for the encounter. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Interpol conference on wildlife crimes organised here, Mr. Sinha said CBI is taking assistance from other agencies including National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its probe in the case. The NIA had earlier said, Mumbai terror convict David Headley had mentioned that Ishrat was a Lashkar terrorist. Mr. Sinha said Intelligence Bureau is also cooperating with the agency. CBI in its first chargesheet has held that the 2004 encounter was fake.   The Hindu