New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS) : Giving a clean chit to BJP President Amit Shah in connection with the extra-judicial killing of Sohrabuddin, the Supreme Court on Monday said no reinvestigated will be conducted against him. The Supreme Court verdict came after a petition filed by social activist Harsh Mander that sought quashing of the December 30, 2014 order of a Mumbai sessions court absolving Shah from the case.
The top court said Harsh Mander has no locus standi to challenge Shah's discharge in the case. In 2014, Shah was found innocent of charges that he ordered the "fake encounter" that led to Sheikh being shot dead in 2005 by the police. At that time Shah was the Home Minister of Gujarat. Former bureaucrat Harsh Mander had asked the Supreme Court to order that Shah's role be examined again. In 2012, the CBI began investigating Shah, along with top police officers, on charges that included murder and destruction of evidence. The agency said that Sheikh was removed from a bus and killed along with his wife Kauser Bi.
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