Gujarat police accepts Prajapati encounter was fake

Ahmedabad, May 04: The Gujarat police has accepted as fake the encounter in which Tulsi Prajapati, a key witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh murder case, was killed, top state CID officials said.

“We believed that his (Prajapati) encounter was fake. So, we investigated the case and found involvement of some police officers,” CID crime chief V V Rabari told PTI.

District Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Dahod and IPS officer Vipul Agarwal was arrested last night for his involvement in Parajapati’s encounter killing.

Another constable from Banaskantha district police Vinod Choudhary was also arrested today in connection with the encounter case from Palanpur.

–Agencies