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Court rejects CBI demand for custody of Amit Shah

A CBI court today rejected the agency's demand for a seven-day custody of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, arrested for the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh.

Updated on: Aug 4, 2010, 15:23:26 IST
IANS | By , Ahmedabad
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A CBI court on Wednesday rejected the agency's demand for a seven-day custody of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, arrested for the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh.

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Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge AI Raval's ruling stunned the agency. "The CBI may challenge the decision. The CBI may go to the high court," a source in CBI said.

The CBI had on July 23 produced a 3,000-page chargesheet and accused Shah of murder, abduction and conspiracy in the case of alleged staged shootout.

Shah has been in judicial custody since July 25.

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