Fake encounter case : Not me, CBI added Amit Shah's name, Sohrabuddin's brother tells court

He said he has "not threats from the BJP."

His statement was in contradiction to the one apparently given to the CBI in 2010 in which he purportedly claimed a threat to his life from Chudasama and Amit Shah. He has now denied making such a statement, claiming that a CBI officer had concocted the statement.

The CBI had brought in Nayamuddin as one of the witnesses in the 2005 fake encounter case. He came before the court after multiple summons and a non-bailable warrant were issued against him.

He also orally requested the court to take an FIR against the CBI and against witnesses who have turned hostile in the case. He claimed that the CBI had “spoilt” the case.

Both Nayamuddin and his other brother Rubabuddin have been pursuing the case of their brother's encounter. They have alleged threats from "powerful people".

Nayamuddin, however, said there was more in his statement which he wanted to talk about. “I have no threat from the BJP. I have never heard Azam Khan’s name. An investigating officer of the CBI, Dagar sahab, came to my village in an autorickshaw to inquire about this case. I have not said before him that Azam (Sohrabuddin’s associate and co-accused in Hamid Lala murder case) met me and said that Abhay Chudasama offered Rs 50 lakh to withdraw a petition filed in Supreme Court to inquire into the death of my brother,” reports quoted Nayamuddin has having told the court.

He also said that he had given a handwritten affidavit before the special court in Ahmedabad clarifying that he had never said the things attributed to him in his 2010 statement.

According to the chargesheet filed by the CBI, Nayamuddin had given a statement on February 19, 2010, recorded by officer DS Dagar, a deputy superintendent of police, CBI. The statement claims that Chudasama, discharged from the case in 2015, had called Nayamuddin and threatened him.

“When I told him (Chudasama) that we will not withdraw the petition at any cost, he threatened me with dire consequences and said that I would also face the same fate as Sohrabuddin. You do not know Amitbhai is very angry. I will speak to Amitbhai and he can get it done in Madhya Pradesh only. It is Amitbhai’s government there and you will be killed for making him a party in the petition,” Nayamuddin’s statement cited in the CBI’s chargesheeet stated.

Nayamuddin's elder brother, Sohrabuddin, an alleged gangster  and his wife Kausar Bi were allegedly abducted by the Gujarat police's Anti-Terrorism Squad from Hyderabad on their way to Sangli in Maharashtra in November 2005. Sheikh was allegedly killed in a fake encounter near Gandhinagar. His wife disappeared.

. The fake encounter case was transferred to Mumbai in September 2012 on the request of the CBI which said it was necessary to ensure a fair trial.

Charges have been framed against 22 accused and summons have been sent to 20 witnesses for joining the trial.

BJP president Amit Shah, Rajasthan Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria, Rajasthan-based businessman Vimal Patni, former Gujarat police chief P C Pande, Additional Director General of Police Geeta Johri and Gujarat police officers Abhay Chudasama and N K Amin were discharged in the case.