The 2007 Gujarat Fake Encounter Controversy started when the police of Gujarat state in India admitted on March 23, 2007 to the killing of an alleged extortionist (claim,[1] ) "Sohrabuddin Sheikh" in a staged gun battle (such battles are known as an "encounter killings" in India) on November 26, 2005.[1][2] The police at that time had claimed that the man, belonged to the Pakistan linked terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba and was planning to assassinate Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to avenge the death of Muslims killed in the 2002 Gujarat violence. The government also admitted that Sohrabuddin's innocent wife Kausarbi had been killed by the police and her body burnt in an attempt to remove the traces of the crime.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
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