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Gujarat ADGP plea reaches SC ears; proceedings against him to stop

PNS

Fearing arrest in fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan and three others, Gujarat’s Additional DGP PP Pandey on Friday approached the Supreme Court, which issued a notice to CBI on his plea to quash proceedings against him in the case.

A Bench of justices Gyan Sudha Mishra and Madan B lokur agreed to hear the plea of Additional DGP PP Pandey, a 1980 batch officer who reportedly went missing in April this year after applying for sick leave.