Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav on Thursday said the truth must come forward in the Ishrat Jahan case, and added that a thorough investigation must be done to track all those behind the fake encounter.
"If this was a fake encounter, then who were behind it must be investigated," he said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said that the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter was fake.
The CBI, which yesterday filed a chargesheet in the case, contended that the encounter was a joint operation between Gujarat Police and Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau, SIB.
The investigating agency further said that commitment of offences have been established against ADGP PP Pandey, suspended police officers DG Vanzara, GL Singhal, Tarun Barot, NK Amin, Anaju Chaudhary and JG Parmar.
The CBI also said that investigation is on against Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau Rajinder Kumar and four officers of the agency. According to the chargesheet, Ishrat Jahan was not a terrorist, but the three others killed along with her had alleged terror links.
No political leader has been named in the CBI chargesheet.
Ishrat Jahan, a 19-year-old college girl from Mumbai, was killed in an encounter along with three others on the outskirts of Ahmedabad in 2004.
