Ahmedabad: The brother of Sohrabuddin Sheikh has sent a legal notice to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that Congress has given 'supari' (contract) to the CBI to finish him politically.
Rubabuddin said it amounted to contempt of the Supreme Court. "My client Rubabuddin Sheikh has sent a legal notice to Chief Minister Narendra Modi on his remarks about Congress giving 'supari' to CBI to (politically) finish him," advocate Mukul Sinha said.
"Modi's statement is a contempt of the Supreme Court on whose direction the CBI is investigating the fake encounter of Sohrabuddin and murder of his wife Kausar Bi," Sinha said, quoting from the notice.
The notice has also said that by making such a statement, the BJP leader is trying to mislead the people of Gujarat, and make them believe that CBI was investigating the case with ulterior motives.
In a speech in Ahmedabad on August 25, Modi had said: "The Congress cannot digest the progress made by Gujarat and that is the reason they have given 'supari' to the CBI to finish Modi and stop the progress of state."
Modi has been given one week to reply to the legal notice, Rubabuddin's lawyer said.
Sohrabuddin, a gangster, was killed in a staged shootout by Gujarat and Rajasthan Police in November 2005. The CBI arrested former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the case, in which several policemen are also behind bars.
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