The CBI on Monday questioned BJP general secretary (organisation) Ramlal in connection with the allegation that he had discussed ways to influence the statement of the mother of the fake encounter victim — Tulsiram Prajapati — to weaken the case against Amit Shah, close aide of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi.
The CBI on Monday questioned BJP general secretary (organisation) Ramlal in connection with the allegation that he had discussed ways to influence the statement of the mother of the fake encounter victim — Tulsiram Prajapati — to weaken the case against Amit Shah, close aide of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. Prajapati was killed by Gujarat cops allegedly in a fake encounter on December 28, 2006 near Ambaji in Sabarkantha district of the state. Sources said the agency sleuths grilled Ramlal for two hours at the CBI headquarters here in connection with a video tape in which he was allegedly seen discussing ways to weaken case against the then minister of state for home (Gujarat) Amit Shah with other party leaders — Prakash Javdekar and Bhupendra Yadav. Sources further said during questioning, the BJP leader was asked specific questions related to the conversations shown in the tape. The CBI has already questioned BJP’s Rajya Sabha members Prakash Javdekar and Bhupendra Yadav in connection with the case. “After examining Ramlal, agency sleuths may summon Amit Shah for questioning”, sources said. The sting operation relating to the Tulsiram Prajapati alleged fake encounter case conducted by an independent journalist. The journalist, who conducted the sting operation, had alleged that senior BJP leaders managed to get undated blank “Vakalatnamas” from Narmadabai to allegedly subvert the judicial proceedings. In the sting operation, BJP leaders are purportedly shown discussing how Prajapati’s mother Narmadabai can be convinced to change her Vakalatnama. She has filed a case alleging her son was killed in a fake encounter in which BJP general secretary Amit Shah is an accused. Prajapati, who was allegedly a witness to Sohrabuddin Sheikh’s murder, was killed on December 2006 — a year after Sheikh was shot dead in an alleged fake encounter in Gujarat.
