Mumbai: A doctor, who had examined two policemen after Tulsiram Prajapati “escaped” from their custody at Himmatnagar in Gujarat, on Thursday told the CBI court here that no trace of chili powder was found in their eyes.
While the CBI’s contention is that Prajapati, an aide of gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh, was killed in a fake encounter, according to Gujarat and Rajasthan police forces, he “escaped” from custody after throwing chili powder in policemen’s eyes and was later killed in an alleged encounter.
The Mumbai court is currently conducting the trial in the case related to alleged fake encounters of Shaikh and Prajapati and killing of Shaikh’s wife. As per the police, Prajapati escaped near Himmatnagar station in 2006 when he was being taken back to Udaipur jail by train after a hearing in Ahmedabad court. After the alleged escape, policemen Yudhvir Sinh and Kartar Sinh who were escorting Prajapati were sent to a civil hospital for treatment.