Death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh

The Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case is a criminal case in the Gujarat state after the death of Sohrabuddin Anwarhussain Sheikh on 26 November 2005.

On 26 November police shot and killed Sohrabuddin in what they described as an encounter killing. On 28–29 November in a village in Ilol someone murdered Kauser (Kausar) Bi. Her body was burned. Some reports indicated she had also been raped. In December Sohrabuddin's brother wrote to the Chief Justice of India claiming murder with police involvement. In response, the Supreme Court of India directed the Criminal Investigation Department in Gujarat to take the case from police and themselves investigate it. A year later, on 26 December 2006, police reported that Tulsiram had escaped from police custody. On 28 December, a police encounter led to the Tulsiram Prajapati killing between the town of Ambaji and the village of Sarhad Chapri near the border between Gujarat and Rajasthan. In May 2014, Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of India, which was related to the case because defendant Amit Shah was his close advisor. The court later discharged Shah from the case.

When the trial presided over by Judge SJ Sharma, began in november 2017 Of 210 witnesses, 92 withdraw or change their earlier testimony and become hostile. The special court later acquitted the 22 accused accused police and officials. and D. G. Vanzara.