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Ishrat's mother in Ahmedabad to claim her body

June 18, 2004 10:11 IST

Shamima Jahan Sheikh, mother of Ishrat Jahan Sheikh, who was killed along with three others by the Gujarat police, arrived in Ahmedabad on Friday morning to claim her daughter's body.

Shamima, who came along with her relatives, is expected to meet Crime Branch officials before heading for the Civil Hospital to claim the body of her 19-year-old daughter, official sources said.

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The family resides in Mumbra in Thane district of Maharashtra. The Gujarat police killed Ishrat and the others on June 15 claiming they are Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) terrorists and were planning to assassinate state Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Doubts have been raised over the Gujarat government's claim and the Maharashtra government on Thursday ordered a probe to ascertain whether the girl, who studied in Mumbai's Khalsa College, had any links to criminals or terrorists.

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Sub: Is Ishrat innocent or is it media ??

Is there any code of beaviour for terrorists and those sympathising with terrorists? Maybe or may not be. But if a person is a college-going ...


Posted by Jai





Sub: Ishrat Shaikh

I'm expecting the same from Maharashtra govt.. A student of Khalsa college was doing what in A'bad? Everybody in Mumbai knows what type of area ...


Posted by Santosh Mhaskar





Sub: Why so much of noise is being made in the Media why can't we wait for the truth

The first premise the media should have taken note of is , why was Ishrat in Ahmedabad and that too with unrelated persons. If Ishrat ...


Posted by anmol





Sub: Ishrat's death.

While the claims of Gujarat policed should indeed be checked, I wonder why one question has not been raised by anyone: how is it that ...


Posted by Dilip Coulagi





Sub: Is Ishrat an innocent ?

It is the responsibility of each and every parents in any community to have a close look at their siblings movements, especially that of girls. ...


Posted by ravi




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