The CBI on Friday questioned BJP Rajya Sabha MPs Prakash Javadekar and Bhupendra Yadav in connection with a videotape in which they were purportedly seen discussing ways to weaken case against party leader Amit Shah by influencing the mother of a victim of an alleged fake encounter in Gujarat.
While Yadav was quizzed before noon, Javadekar was examined in the second half at the agency headquarters here, CBI sources said. “I believe in the legal processes. CBI has called me today so I have appeared here,” Javadekar told reporters.
The CBI has also summoned party general secretary Ramlal who also figured in the sting op relating to Tulsiram Prajapati alleged fake encounter. The BJP has claimed there is nothing “incriminating” against the three leaders in the sting operation.
In the sting operation, the leaders are purportedly shown discussing how Prajapati’s mother Narmadabai can be convinced to change her Vakalatnama. She has filed a case alleging her son was killed in a fake encounter in which BJP general secretary Amit Shah is an accused.
Prajapati, who was allegedly a witness to Sohrabuddin Sheikh’s encounter, was killed in December 2006. The CBI is probing the alleged fake encounter of Sheikh and Prajapati.