The Gujarat High Court has allowed the discharge plea of a former police official accused in the 2003 encounter of Sadiq Jamal, who the cops had claimed to be a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative.
With the acquittal of retired Deputy Superintendent of Police Irshad Ali Anwarali Saiyed, all seven of the eight accused in the case stand exonerated. One accused died during the pendency of his discharge plea.
The Court of Justice Gita Gopi on July 25 allowed Saiyed’s discharge plea in the case of the alleged fake encounter of a 19-year-old youth who the police had claimed to be an LeT operative out to kill the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders.
