Congress questions jobs to two Gujarat cops accused of murder

New Delhi, August 19

The Congress today accused the ruling BJP of throwing all constitutional norms to the winds by reemploying two Gujarat cops post-superannuation despite the fact that the duo was facing murder charges in the past.

NK Amin and TA Barot, who faced trial in encounter cases of Sohrabuddin and Ishrat Jahan, were reemployed by the Gujarat Government on contract for a year after the two retired. The duo had to however resign from their respective positions on Thursday after the Supreme Court intervened on a petition by another Gujarat police officer challenging their re-induction into the service.

“These two cops, Amin and Barot, faced serious charges of murder. Both were reemployed on contract after recently retiring. The move reveals the BJP’s utter disregard for the law,” Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said today.

Amin, a former SP at Mahisagar in Gujarat, retired in August and was reappointed on contract. “Amin spent eight years in jail in Sohrabuddin murder case. Although he was discharged in this case later, he never faced departmental inquiry. Amin, however, continued to face trial in the Ishrat Jahan encounter,” Singhvi said.

Amin was recently also named in a recent Congress petition to the Election Commission alleging attempts by the BJP government in Gujarat to abduct a party MLA on the eve of Rajya Sabha poll.

About Barot, Singhvi said he was reemployed as the DSP in Western Railways at Vadodra after he retired. Bharot is facing trial in the Ishrat Jahan and Sadiq Jamal encounters. — TNS