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Ishrat Jahan’s mother urges HC to expedite her case

Shamima Kausar,mother of Ishrat Jahan who was killed in a police encounter along with three others in 2004...

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Shamima Kausar,mother of Ishrat Jahan who was killed in a police encounter along with three others in 2004,has approached the Gujarat High Court requesting it to expedite the hearing in her plea for CBI inquiry into the death of her daughter.

Kausar,in her petition filed on Thursday,has cited Supreme Court’s order in April,directing the Gujarat High Court to complete hearing in her case within six months.

She said that since the apex court wanted her plea to be decided within six months,the HC should expedite the process and assign the case to a division bench at the earliest.

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High Court sources said the court registry has been ordered by the Chief Justice to put the case before a division bench.

The matter is likely to come up for hearing in June as there will be vacation in the High Court from

May 15. Mumbai-based Ishrat (19) was killed in an encounter along with three others — Javed Ghulam Sheikh alias Pranesh Kumar Pillai,Amjad Ali alias Rajkumar Akbar Ali Rana and Jisan Johar Abdul Gani by Ahmedabad crime branch officials in June 2004.

Following this,Ishrat’s mother had approached the High Court in August 2004,demanding a CBI probe into the entire case.

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