The Central Bureau of Investigation, on 11 June, summoned once again the special director of Intelligence Bureau, Rajindra Kumar, over Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case in 2004. Kumar, according to the CBI, had conspired with Gujarat police and issued an intelligence warning about Lashkr-e-Taiba squad on mission to kill Modi and other Hindutva leaders. Subsequently, Ishrat and three others were killed in an encounter. Kumar is also an accused in Sadique Jamal fake encounter. Besides Kumar, Gujarat’s additional DGP, PP Pandey is also under CBI’s scanner.
Meanwhile, the chief of Intelligence Bureau, Asif Ibrahim, has taken the crisis between IB and CBI to the Prime Minister’s Office saying summon against his senior officer will send a wrong message and set a bad precedent. In the meantime, the Gujarat High Court, on 15 March, expressed satisfaction about the progress made by CBI in the investigation of Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.