<p>As first reported by <em>DH</em>, the CBI on Tuesday submitted the letter written by the Gujarat government denying the sanction to prosecute ex IPS officer D G Vanzara and ex-Superintendent of Police Narendra Amin in Ishrat Jahan Encounter case. </p>.<p>The CBI submitted the letters in the court of special judge J K Pandya who said the sanction has been denied by the government. Following this, advocate V D Gajjar, who appeared for Vanzara, requested to drop the proceedings in absence of sanction under section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Under this section, a prior sanction is required to prosecute government servants. </p>.<p>According to the CBI charge sheet, 19-year-old Mumbai college girl Ishrat Jahan, her friend Pranesh Pillai alias Javed Shaikh and two alleged Pakistani nationals - Amjad Ali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were killed jointly by Gujarat police and Intelligence Bureau officers in cold blood. </p>.<p>The CBI probe established that they were kidnapped and then murdered on June 14, 2004, in the outskirts of Ahmedabad. They were branded as Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives out to kill the then-chief minister Narendra Modi and other right-wing leaders.</p>.<p>Apart from Vanzara and Amin, IPS officer GL Singhal, retired Deputy Superintendent of police Tarun Barot among others are key accused in the case. The senior most accused IPS P P Pandey was discharged by the court.</p>
<p>As first reported by <em>DH</em>, the CBI on Tuesday submitted the letter written by the Gujarat government denying the sanction to prosecute ex IPS officer D G Vanzara and ex-Superintendent of Police Narendra Amin in Ishrat Jahan Encounter case. </p>.<p>The CBI submitted the letters in the court of special judge J K Pandya who said the sanction has been denied by the government. Following this, advocate V D Gajjar, who appeared for Vanzara, requested to drop the proceedings in absence of sanction under section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Under this section, a prior sanction is required to prosecute government servants. </p>.<p>According to the CBI charge sheet, 19-year-old Mumbai college girl Ishrat Jahan, her friend Pranesh Pillai alias Javed Shaikh and two alleged Pakistani nationals - Amjad Ali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were killed jointly by Gujarat police and Intelligence Bureau officers in cold blood. </p>.<p>The CBI probe established that they were kidnapped and then murdered on June 14, 2004, in the outskirts of Ahmedabad. They were branded as Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives out to kill the then-chief minister Narendra Modi and other right-wing leaders.</p>.<p>Apart from Vanzara and Amin, IPS officer GL Singhal, retired Deputy Superintendent of police Tarun Barot among others are key accused in the case. The senior most accused IPS P P Pandey was discharged by the court.</p>