Former Gujrat Police Officer DG Vanzara Discharged by the court In Sohrabuddin Case

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Former police officers DG Vanzara and MN Dinesh, accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, were discharged by a special court in Mumbai today.

 The court dropped the charges against them citing insufficient evidence. With their discharge, the number of accused let off in the case has gone up to 15.

He was released from Ahmedabad's Sabarmati jail in February the next year after getting bail in the other case he was accused in - the killing of college student Ishrat Jehan, which, investigators say, was another fake encounter. 

 The Central Bureau of Investigation, which later took over the case, said Sheikh and his wife were abducted while on their way to Sangli in Maharashtra and killed by the police.

 A witness to the crime, Tulsiram Prajapati, was killed a year later by the police.

 Among those discharged in the case so far are police officer Abhay Chudasama, BJP president Amit Shah, Rajasthan Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria, former Gujarat police chief PC Pande and senior police officer Geeta Johri. 

 The Supreme Court had ordered the transfer of the case from Gujarat to Maharashtra in 2012 after the CBI's request for a fair trial.

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