Ahmedabad: Gujarat police continued to help Chief Minister Narender Modi's close aide Amit Shah even after his arrest for his alleged role in the killing of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh in the fake encounter, CBI said in a report submitted to the Supreme Court on Thursday.
The probe agency told the apex court that Amit Shah was using Sabarmati Jail as his hideout.
CBI said Azam Khan, one of the witnesses in the case, was illegally detained by Gujarat Police to help Amit Shah get bail. The agency named Gujarat cop G L Singhal behind Azam Khan’s illegal detention.
CBI in its 37-page report has also sought shifting of the ongoing trial in the case from Ahmedabad to Mumbai expressing fears that a fair trial would not be possible as the accused persons are very influential, sources said.
They said the agency in its final report has claimed that Shah had got Sheikh eliminated with the twin motive of securing "political prominence" and "monetary gains".
Sources said the agency in its report filed in a sealed cover has stated that Sheikh was eliminated as he had started extorting money from politically-connected marble traders, who initially approached politicians in Rajasthan.
On inputs from Rajasthan Police, Gujarat Police registered a case against the gangster, while Shah, who was the Minister of State for Home, put encounter specialist D G Vanzara of anti-terrorist squad and his team on Sheikh's trail.
CBI had arrested Shah on July 25 and he was granted bail by the Gujarat High Court on October 29. The apex court has ordered him to stay out of the state.
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