#NewDelhi : Congress leader and former home minister P Chidambaram on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi government of creating a “fake controversy” over two affidavits filed in the Ishrat Jahan case.’His statement comes after a report in the Indian Express claimed that the panel probing the missing files related to the Ishrat Jahan encounter case “tutored” a witness.
Chidambaram said the news report “comprehensively exposed the fake controversy” created by the NDA government on the two affidavits filed by the central government and that his stand has been “completely vindicated”.
The first affidavit (August 6, 2009) disclosed the “intelligence inputs” that had been shared by the central government with the state government.
Chidambaram said Judge SP Tamang in his report (September 7, 2009) found that Ishrat Jahan and three others had been killed in a “fake encounter”.
“The report caused an uproar in Gujarat and elsewhere.The first affidavit was misinterpreted and misused to defend the encounter. It was, therefore, necessary to clarify the first affidavit.
“Hence, a ‘further affidavit’ was filed on September 29, 2009) clarifying that intelligence inputs ‘do not constitute conclusive proof and it is for the state government and the state police to act on such inputs’,” he said.
Home Ministry Additional Secretary BK Prasad, who conducted the inquiry, has submitted a report saying four of the five missing documents continue to be untraceable. The Indian Express report alleged that the panel not only told a witness the questions he would ask but also suggested to him what answers he should give.
Chidambaram said the news report “comprehensively exposed the fake controversy” created by the NDA government on the two affidavits filed by the central government and that his stand has been “completely vindicated”.
The first affidavit (August 6, 2009) disclosed the “intelligence inputs” that had been shared by the central government with the state government.
Chidambaram said Judge SP Tamang in his report (September 7, 2009) found that Ishrat Jahan and three others had been killed in a “fake encounter”.
“The report caused an uproar in Gujarat and elsewhere.The first affidavit was misinterpreted and misused to defend the encounter. It was, therefore, necessary to clarify the first affidavit.
“Hence, a ‘further affidavit’ was filed on September 29, 2009) clarifying that intelligence inputs ‘do not constitute conclusive proof and it is for the state government and the state police to act on such inputs’,” he said.
Home Ministry Additional Secretary BK Prasad, who conducted the inquiry, has submitted a report saying four of the five missing documents continue to be untraceable. The Indian Express report alleged that the panel not only told a witness the questions he would ask but also suggested to him what answers he should give.
Bureau Report
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