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Fake encounter case: police officer surrenders

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AHMEDABAD: One more police officer, alleged to have been involved in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, surrendered before the CID (Crime) police in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on Sunday.

Balkrishna Chaubey, inspector in the Anti-Terrorist Squad, who had reportedly gone underground after he was named in the case, arrived at Police Bhavan and turned himself in. He allegedly assisted Superintendent of Police M.L. Parmar in arranging two farmhouses on the outskirts of Gandhinagar, where Sohrabuddin and his wife, Kauserbi, were lodged after being brought from Hyderabad.

He is the eighth police officer in the CID net in connection with the case. He is likely to be produced before the court on Monday for remand.

Mr. Parmar has denied involvement in the case or knowledge of the farmhouses.

Deputy Superintendent Narendra Amin, alleged to have been involved in disposing of Kauserbi’s body, but yet to be arrested because of an anticipatory bail granted by the court, created a sensation by alleging before the Sessions Court that he was apprehensive of being “eliminated” by the CID in a fake encounter.

He also produced a taped version of a telephonic talk he had with a CID officer, who asked him to write a confession “as desired” by the investigating team leader, Geetha Johri.

Haren Pandya case

The Gujarat police on Sunday brought back to Ahmedabad from Hyderabad Maulana Ashrafali of the Shabib ul Falah madrassa, who allegedly gave shelter to Mufti Sufiyan Patangia and Sohail Khan, masterminds in the Haren Pandya murder case.

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