An inquiry panel set up to probe the missing documents from the Ishrat Jahan case has still not been able to trace the documents, reports the Economic Times.
The panel will not recommend a probe by an independent agency like CBI or Delhi Police, but will submit its report on Tuesday.
The submission will leave the decision about further investigations to Home Minister Rajnath Singh who ordered the probe, and home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi.
The files that went missing include copy of an affidavit vetted by the then attorney-general GE Vahanvati and submitted in the Gujarat high court in 2009, the draft of the second affidavit on which changes were made, two letters written by then home secretary GK Pillai to now deceased Vahanvati and the copy of the draft affidavit.
An official told Economic Times that the committee examined over 20 officials who handled the Ishrat Jahan files at the Ministry of Home Affarirs and established an approximate time when the documents went missing from the files.
Based on these findings, the MHA can initiate proceedings against errant employees or order an investigation by a probe agency.
The efforts taken by the panel include physical searches for missing documents at the home ministry’s offices and chambers.
The files went missing amidst the panel investigation of Ishrat Jahan’s killing in an alleged fake encounter in Gujarat 2004. The person who was responsible for keeping the files and documents is yet to be pin pointed reports Times of India.
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