Batla House: BJP seeks apology from opposition after court docket offers demise penalty to Ariz Khan

Asserting that the court docket verdict within the 2008 Batla House encounter case has completely uncovered “terrorist sympathizers” and “doubters lobby”, the BJP on Monday sought an apology from opposition leaders Sonia Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal for elevating questions on the Delhi Police’s integrity within the matter.
A Delhi court docket on Monday awarded demise penalty to Ariz Khan for the homicide of embellished Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma in reference to the sensational case, saying the offence fell underneath the “rarest of the rare category” warranting the utmost sentence.
“The Delhi court docket’s verdict right this moment within the Batla House encounter case completely exposes the terrorist sympathisers and doubters foyer within the nation.

Now Sonia Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal who raised questions on the integrity of our police forces should apologise to the nation,” BJP chief and Union minister Prakash Javadekar mentioned.
Several opposition leaders had raised questions over the encounter as an enormous row erupted with some teams alleging that it was a staged gunfight.
After the encounter on September 19, 2008, protest rallies have been organised in opposition to it by lecturers and college students of Jamia Millia Islamia University.
A day after Khan’s conviction on March 8, BJP chief and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had mentioned at a press convention, “There was a conscious, deliberate and consistent attempt to cast serious doubt on the authenticity of the Batla House encounter to weaken the morale of Delhi Police and give clear support to terrorists and their design. Why? For pure vote bank politics.”
Inspector Sharma of the police’s particular cell was killed through the encounter between the police and alleged terrorists in Jamia Nagar in south Delhi following serial bomb blasts within the nationwide capital through which 39 folks died and 159 have been injured. Two terrorists have been killed whereas two others fled.
Khan had fled from the spot and was declared proclaimed offender. He was arrested on February 14, 2018, and confronted the trial.