MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi seeks probe into Fake Encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh

New Delhi,April 28 : MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi, on Saturday urged PM Manmohan Singh to order an investigation into the role of AP police in the `fake encounter' of Sohrabuddin Sheikh after the Godhra Carnage and said the Gujarat Govt have encountered more than 20 Civillans mostly who belonged to the Minority Community.

While submitting a memorandum to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after a dharna in front of the Gandhi statue on Parliament premises, Owaisi said there are reports of AP police officers providing logistic support to a police team from Gujarat in the tracing, kidnapping and killing of Sheikh.

The city police even provided vehicles with false number plates to the Gujarat team, he added. Owaisi and about 15 MPs including Moulana Mehmood Madni MP ,Shafeequ Rahamn Baraq MP ,PDP MP Mehbooba Mufti and CLP Deputy Leader Madhusudhan Mistry and MP Sandeep Dikshit asked the Centre to handover the enquiry to the CBI.

MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi raised the issue in Parliament also in his Speech on Matters of Internal Security