The Central Bureau of Investigation on June 3 named Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Rajasthan minister Rajendra Singh Rathore in its charge sheet for 2006 Dara Singh shootout case. The CBI claimed that Dara Singh, a hardcore criminal, was gunned down in a fake gunbattle by a team of Rajasthan Police’s special operations group in October 2006. The agency has named 16 others for the killing. These include Additional Director General of Police A.K. Jain, Inspector General A. Ponnuchami – both Indian Police Service officers – Additional Superintendent of Police Arsad Ali, police inspectors Nisar Khan and Naresh Sharma, assistant sub-inspector Surendra Singh, sub-inspector Satyanarayan Godara and seven other policemen.
Ajay Kumar Jain, advocate for some policemen, said that Rathore’s name has been mentioned as the conspirator, but the CBI has said that investigations against him are yet to be completed. “Others have been made accused in the charge sheet,” Jain added.