Bail for Amit Shah; Sohrabuddin case moved to Mumbai

September 27, 2012 10:51

The Supreme Court today granted full bail to Amit Shah, former minister and close aide of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

The court has also transferred the case out of Gujarat to Mumbai.

The CBI had petitioned the court for cancellation of Shah's bail on the grounds that he may try to influence witnesses in the case.

Sohrabuddin and his wife Kauser Bi were allegedly abducted by the Gujarat's Anti-Terrorism Squad from Hyderabad and killed in a fake encounter near Gandhinagar in November 2005.

More details are awaited.

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