New Delhi : The AAP’s Amanatullah Khan, who won the Delhi assembly election from Okhla constituency, Tuesday said his party would demand a probe in the 2008 Batla House shootout case.
Terming the incident “fake”, Khan said: “The 2008 Batla House encounter was fake. I will appeal to the centre to probe the encounter which happened under the Congress rule.”
Khan defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Braham Singh by 64,532 votes.
The Batla House shootout took place Sep 19, 2008 in which two – Atif Amin and Mohamed Sajid – were killed, while two others – Mohd. Saif and Zeeshan – were arrested. Police alleged that one accused, Ariz Khan managed to escape. According to Delhi Police people in the flat were members of Indian Mujahideen. Human rights organization questioned police version of the encounter and termed it fake demanding probe into the incident which was denied by the government.
Delhi Police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma was killed in the operation.