Gujarat govt slams fresh affidavit in Ishrat case

Ahmedabad, Sep 30 (PTI) Slamming the Centre for filing an additional affidavit in the Ishrat Jahan case, the Gujarat Government called the move as double speak aimed at policy of appeasement and vote bank politics.

"On several occasions, the UPA government had said that the job of the Central intelligence was to provide inputs while providing security at the ground level was the job of the respective state governments," state government spokesperson Jaynarayan Vyas told PTI.

By filing the affidavit, the UPA government has taken an exactly opposite stand, he alleged.

Pointing out that the arrest of four would have given the state an opportunity to question them and get to the mastermind behind the conspiracy to kill Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, he said, "But unfortunately, when the police challenged them they opened fire and were killed in the encounter".