Rubabuddin Sheikh, brother of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, who was killed in a fake encounter on the outskirts of Ahmedabad in November 2005, wants further investigation of the case to be conducted by an agency other than the Gujarat Police to ensure justice.

On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the state government, asking it to show cause why the probe into the incident be not handed over to Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by R K Raghavan. Rubabbuddin told Newsline over phone from his native village of Jhaniya in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh that a proper probe is possible only if it is assigned to some other agency.

Sohrabuddin was gunned down by a joint team of Gujarat and Rajasthan Police near Vishala Circle on November 26, 2005. However, the police had claimed that he was killed in an encounter and that Sohrabuddin was on a mission to kill Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Later on, Sohrabuddin’s wife Kausar Bi was also killed on November 29, 2005 and her body was burnt.

Rubabuddin, who recently got one of his legs amputated due to severe infection and now walks with the help of an artificial leg, said, “What I am interested in is justice only for the murder of my brother and sister-in-law Kausar Bi and it is immaterial who delivers it.”

But he made it very clear that “justice is impossible with Gujarat Police further investigating the episode”.

“However, it is for the court to decide whom to hand over the further probe,” he said.

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