By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: Ishrat Jahan, a 19 years old Mumbai girl who was encountered along with three others in 2004 by the Gujarat Police, was innocent and in fact was let go twice by the Gujarat Police. Even there was discussion among her captivators to release her in Maharashtra establishment.
Shubhradeep Chakravorty, who made a documentary “Encountered on Saffron Agenda” about fake encounters in Gujarat, revealed this for the first time in his Press Release here in Mumbai.
A leading news paper recently reported that David Colemn Headly, an accused of 26/11 Mumbai attack, has revealed to National Investigation Agency, NIA, that Ishrat Jahan was LeT Fidayeen.
He further added that during the making of the documentary film ‘Encountered on Saffron Agenda,’ he has an informal talk with many police officers of Gujarat and few important people in Maharashtra establishment that he got two slightly different version of Ishrat in captivity.
According to both the version she kept weeping from the very start till her death because of fear. Her tears melted few hearts and according to version given by ‘few important people in Maharashtra establishment’ there was a discussion among her captivators to release her but the fear of her spilling the beans later at some point stopped them to release her.
He further revealed that according to a senior officer in Gujarat Police Ishrat was actually released but she came back to insist upon taking her employer Javed along with her. She was again sent off but when she made another return with similar demand decision of eliminating her along with Javed was taken. Question arises if Police and IB knew her LeT links then how come she was treated like this?
“Ishrat Jahan, has been encountered twice firstly by the Gujarat Police under the BJP Rule and again by National Investigation Agency, NIA, under the UPA government.” Feroz Mithiborewala, President Awami Bharat claimed in the press conference in Mumbai. He further asserted that David Headly was caught in the drug case in 1998 in the USA and then CIA recruited him as his agent. He refuted the allegation that Ishrat Jahan, 19 years old Mumbai girl, is a Lashkar e Tayyaba fidayeen.
Demanding the resignation of Mr.P.Chidambram, Union Home Minister, Feroze asserted that he is trying to protect the culprits of Fake Encounters at the time when the Gujarat High Court was supposed to hear the plea to handover fake encounter case to the CBI on 14th July. He said,” Time tells it all. NIA has interrogated Headly some time back then why now this selective leak?”
Ironically, the Home ministry has neither confirm nor denied the claim by the NIA.
Recently Special Investigative Team constituted by the Supreme Court and earlier Metropolitan Magistrate S P Tamang, has declared Ishrat Jahan encounter as fake.
Link:
http://www.fakeencounters.com/