Ishrat Jahan case: CBI grills chief public prosecutor for third day

Ahmedabad: CBI today summoned the chief public prosecutor of the sessions court here for the third time and questioned him in connection with the 2004 Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. Sudhir Brahmabhatt was questioned for almost seven hours, said CBI sources. Now speculation is rife that some high-profile politicians may be summoned for questioning. [caption id=“attachment_828965” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Reuters[/caption] Brahmabhatt was earlier questioned on May 27 and 28 at the CBI’s Gandhinagar office. He was the special public prosecutor in Akshardham terror attack case of 2002, serial bomb blasts case of 2008 and hooch deaths case of 2009. Mumbai-based Isharat Jahan, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were killed in an alleged fake encounter on June 15, 2004 on the outskirts of the city here. Gujarat Police had then claimed that they were terrorists who had planned to kill Chief Minister Narendra Modi. PTI