A special CBI court Thursday dropped charges of murder, conspiracy and other criminal sections against retired IPS officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. The decision came after the CBI placed on record the letter of the Gujarat government refusing to sanction their prosecution in the case. The court observed that in view of this refusal, the court was not in position to frame charges against the applicants. RC Kodekar, CBI lawyer, said, “We haven’t received a copy of the order. Once we do, we’ll send it to our headquarters who will take a decision whether to approach a higher court or not.”

Source: Indian Express May 02, 2019 06:54 UTC