CBI announces reward for giving information on Amjad Ali Rana and Jishan Johar

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation has on Wednesday announced a Rs 5 lakh reward for “credible information” about identities of two persons — “allegedly named” Jishan Johar and Amjad Ali Rana — who were killed in an encounter along with Ishrat Jahan and Javed Sheikh in 2004, the agency spokesperson said.

This means that the CBI is neither believing the Gujarat Police nor the Intelligence Bureau’s claim that Johar and Rana were Pakistani citizens and is unsure if the said names are true identities of the killed persons.

This move by the investigating agency also raises a question mark over the Union home ministry’s affidavit in the matter before the Gujarat High Court that said Johar and Rana were Pakistani LeT terrorists.

ET had first reported on July 7 that the CBI was doing a probe in Jammu & Kashmir suspecting that Johar may not be a Pakistani as alleged, but may be an Indian.

“Nobody had claimed the bodies of Johar or Ali. We are hoping someone comes forward to identify them now,” a CBI officer said.