Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleged that he was pressurised by the CBI during the Congress-led UPA regime to “frame” Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an alleged fake encounter case in Gujarat.
Shah, who was questioned by the probe agency during the Congress-led UPA government, said that the CBI was “putting pressure” on him to implicate Narendra Modi, who was then chief minister of Gujarat.
The CBI “was putting pressure” on me to “frame Modi ji” (when he was Gujarat CM) in an alleged fake encounter case during the Congress government,” he said, rejecting charges that the Narendra Modi government is “misusing’ central agencies to target Opposition.
Shah was referring to the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case filed against him when he was the Gujarat home minister.
Speaking at ‘News 18 Rising India’ programme, Shah alleged that during the entire interrogation, he was forced to frame PM Modi. “I will tell you how agencies are misused, I have been a victim of it. The Congress did not file a corruption case against us. There was an encounter when I was the home minister of Gujarat. A case was filed against me and the CBI arrested me.”
“In 90 per cent of the questions during my interrogation, I was asked why I was getting bothered and they said they would leave me if I name Narendra Modi. I was told ‘Modi ka naam de do, de do,” he said.
