India News --- Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

Sohrabuddin case witness  shot at, injured

ApurvaPosted: Wed Sep 15 2010, 04:40 hrs, Updated: Wed Sep 15 2010, 05:17 hrs
Jaipur: Azam Khan, witness in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case being probed by CBI, was injured after he was reportedly shot at in Udaipur tonight.

Udaipur SP Sanjeev Narzari told The Indian Express that Khan, who was in a car with a friend, was injured but his condition was stable.

“It occurred around 8 pm near the Udai Sagar lake. Two men on a motorcycle apparently shot at Khan and his friend,” Narzari said.

Khan claimed he and his friend Iqbal were returning from the lake when two men on a motorcycle pulled up next to their car and opened fire.

“A bullet passed through my left shoulder, another hit the car but we managed to speed away and came to the hospital,” Khan said.

Khan used to be an aide of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and had served time in jail with Tulsiram Prajapati in the Hamid Lala murder case.

In his deposition to the CBI, Khan claimed Prajapati told him that he too would be killed in a fake encounter since he knew too much about the killing of Sohrabuddin.

Khan also made claims concerning former ministers of two states: Gulab Chand Kataria of Rajasthan and slain Gujarat minister Haren Pandya. He alleged Kataria was linked to the marble lobby which was weary of repeated extortion by Sohrabuddin. Kataria denied the charge.

Khan also told CBI that Gujarat police officer Abhay Chudasama offered to bail out Sohrabuddin in the Pandya murder case.

With ENS, Ahmedabad (indianexpress.com)