Following new revelations by former officers associated with the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, Gujarat BJP today targeted Congress, which maintained these disclosures did not prove the encounter was genuine.
Commenting on former under-secretary in the home ministry R V S Mani's claim that he was 'tortured' by some police officers, Gujarat BJP chief said Congress now stood fully exposed.
"One after another the officers associated with that case are coming out. It is now established that affidavits were changed at the behest of the Congress high command. This was done as a part of political conspiracy due to which many police officers remained in jail for more than seven years," said Rupani, who is also the state transport minister.
But senior Congress MLA Shaktisinh Gohil asked why Mani as well as the former home secretary G K Pillai remained silent all these years.
"The SIT has clearly stated in its report that all the four accused including Ishrat were caught alive by police and then killed in a fake encounter. The killing itself showed that the intention of the state government was malicious," Gohil told reporters here.
"Why these officers are now coming out and giving such statements? Why they were silent at that time? They could have complained to the court if they had witnessed any misdeed or if they were tortured. They did nothing when they were in power and now making such claims," Gohil said.
