Death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh

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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...

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