Govt reopens Ishrat case, high-level team to probe missing documents
March 14, 2016 15:21
Just in: The Home Ministry constitutes a three-member team headed by an additional secretary to probe missing documents in the Ishrat Jahan case. In effect, a new probe has been ordered into the case.
As many as four documents are missing from the home ministry file pertaining to the two affidavits filed by it in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. These include office copy of the letters and enclosures sent by then home secretary G K Pillai to the Attorney General on September 18, 2009 and September 23, 2009; draft affidavit vetted by the Attorney General as well as draft further affidavit amended by then home minister P Chidambaram.
As many as four documents are missing from the home ministry file pertaining to the two affidavits filed by it in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. These include office copy of the letters and enclosures sent by then home secretary G K Pillai to the Attorney General on September 18, 2009 and September 23, 2009; draft affidavit vetted by the Attorney General as well as draft further affidavit amended by then home minister P Chidambaram.