Digvijaya seeks judicial probe into fake Batla House encounter

Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday asked the Central government to order a judicial probe into the “fake” 2008 encounter at Batla House in the national Capital, in which two suspected terrorists and a police officer were killed.

“The Batla House encounter was fake. I dare the BJP to go for a judicial probe. I still stand by my remarks on the encounter. I don’t know who is Bada Sajid or Chhota Sajid,” Singh said.

According to the reports, Mohammed Sajid, alias Bada Sajid, is one of the six persons who feature in the 22-minute video allegedly posted by the Islamic State recently, though NIA is still identifying them.

The issue of the encounter, which had taken place when the Congress-led UPA government was in power, cropped up recently amid a claim by an alleged ISIS operative that he had fled Batla House right before the police raided it.

When asked if he should apologise as the claim of the ISIS operative insinuates that the shootout was genuine, Singh shot back saying, “Why should I apologise?”