Locking horns with the Narendra Modi government over the November, 2005 fake encounter killing in Gujarat, the Centre has accused the state government of not disclosing full details of the probe into the case and urged the Supreme Court to order a CBI probe into the incident. The case will come up for hearing in the Supreme Court tomorrow.

In a report to the apex court, Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium has sought an inquiry by a Special Task Force of the CBI into the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in November, 2005. The Gujarat police had then claimed that Sheikh was a Lashkar-e-Toiba operative who was targeting Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders.

Three IPS officers — D G Vanjhara, Rajkumar Pandian and M N Dineshkumar — were arrested on Tuesday for their alleged roles in the fake encounter. Earlier, the Supreme Court had directed the Gujarat government to act after the state admitted in court that the encounter had been faked.

Now the Centre has accused the Gujarat government of not disclosing full details of its probe. It said that while V L Solanki, the Inspector heading the inquiry had submitted four reports to Geeta Johri, IGP, Gujarat CID (Crime), two reports “have not been made available”.

According to the Centre, an adverse inference could prima facie be drawn against officials charged with not only killing Sheikh but also the killing later of Tulsiram Prajapati, the lone witness to the “encounter”.

The Centre also submitted a report of the Intelligence Bureau which conducted an independent probe into the incident.