The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday informed the Bombay High Court that it will not challenge the acquittal of all 22 persons accused in the alleged staged “encounter” killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his aide Tulsiram Prajapati in Gujarat, PTI reported.

Sohrabuddin Sheikh, who was a wanted criminal, was killed by the Gujarat Police in November 2005 in an “ encounter ” which is alleged to have been staged. He and his wife, Kauser Bi, were travelling by bus from Hyderabad to Sangli in Maharashtra when they were stopped by the Gujarat and Rajasthan police, allegedly abducted and shot dead near Gandhinagar.

A sub-inspector also allegedly raped Kauser Bi before murdering her. Prajapati was the sole witness to the murders. He was in police custody after the inci

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