PP Pandey, the Gujarat police officer accused of murdering college student Ishrat Jahan, has been hospitalised in Ahmedabad after he complained of chest pain.
Mr Pandey had been ordered by the Supreme Court today to show up in a city court after weeks of being underground. He showed up at work yesterday.
Pandey was Joint Commissioner of Police when on June 15, 2004 Ishrat Jahan, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were killed in an encounter with the Gujarat Police on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
A day before the encounter, Pandey, along with suspended IPS officer DG Vanzara and IB officer Rajinder Kumar allegedly planned details of how the killing will take place.
As head of the Crime Branch that carried out the operation, Pandey allegedly directly supervised actions of Vanzara and others, and even directed how the first FIR must be filed before the encounter.