Ishrat case: Fresh FIR likely today

DNA Correspondent l Ahmedabad

RR Verma, chairman of Gujarat high court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) probing the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, is likely to file a fresh FIR on Thursday. Sources said the FIR is likely to make some disclosures that will send shock waves through the state's government and bureaucracy.

The FIR is expected to contain a gist of the final report submitted by the Ishrat SIT in the high court last month. It is likely to name many police officers of the state as the accused, the sources said. The SIT is in the final stages of preparing the FIR which is likely to be filed in the CBI office in Delhi, the sources added.

However, the chairman of Ishrat SIT told DNA that work on the FIR was still going on. He, however, refused to say exactly when the FIR would be filed.

Other sources in the Ishrat SIT said that the probe team had until December 16, 2011, to file the FIR and that it will do so on time. The source also said that Verma was on leave for few days but had now resumed his duties.

The HC had directed the Ishrat SIT on December 1 to file a fresh FIR in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. Mumbra-girl Ishrat Jahan and 3 others were killed by Ahmedabad crime branch in a fake encounter on the outskirts of Ahmedabad in June 2004.

ROGUE COP FINDS IT ‘ MANLY’ TO BE IN JAIL

FIVE years of incarceration and a post graduation diploma in value education and spirituality seem to have truly bolstered the conviction of the alleged killer cop of Gujarat — D. G. Vanzara. In the process, he has developed a new definition of manhood. The trigger happy cop — who landed behind bars for his alleged role in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case and is now a suspect in the murder of Mumbra- based teenager Ishrat Jahan and three others — said that people land up behind bars after doing something worthy of a ‘ man’. Vanzara was delivering a speech at Sabarmati Jail during the convocation where he, along with SIMI ideologue Safdar Nagori, were awarded their PG diploma in “ value education and spirituality” by the Annamalai University.

“ We are here as we have done something manly ( mardonwali),” Vanzara said, adding that a ‘ complete’ man is he who is happy in any condition — whether in jail or in a palace. While he also spoke on meditation and spiritual aspects of life, his definition of being ‘ manly’ made it clear that the IPS officer sees valour in killing unarmed women and doesn’t shy away from wearing his pride in his sleeves.