In major setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a supplementary chargesheet in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case naming former Rajasthan Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria as an accused. The BJP leader faces charges of murder along with three others who have been named.
One of the accused in the supplementary chargesheet is Vimal Patni, who is director of a company named RK Marble. The CBI said that it was alleged that Sohrabuddin, a small-time criminal, had demanded Rs. 24 crore as protection money from Patni and that is why he was eliminated. Kataria was allegedly a link between Patni and former Home Minister of Gujarat Amit Shah. According to CBI, Shah was the “kingpin” of the conspiracy to kill Sohrabuddin.
Shah was arrested in July 2010 but released on bail after three months. Shah is known to be a close aide of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi.
One of the accused in the supplementary chargesheet is Vimal Patni, who is director of a company named RK Marble. The CBI said that it was alleged that Sohrabuddin, a small-time criminal, had demanded Rs. 24 crore as protection money from Patni and that is why he was eliminated. Kataria was allegedly a link between Patni and former Home Minister of Gujarat Amit Shah. According to CBI, Shah was the “kingpin” of the conspiracy to kill Sohrabuddin.
Shah was arrested in July 2010 but released on bail after three months. Shah is known to be a close aide of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi.