Ishrat case: Gujarat high court appoints new chairman of SIT

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Thursday appointed Dr Satyapal Singh, an IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre, new chairman of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing the Ishrat Jahan encounter case.

Karnail Singh bowed out of the probe after his transfer to Mizoram.

The Gujarat government sought the probe in the encounter case to be taken over by Special Task Force (STF), a newly formed state agency. The government demanded it on the ground that there were some internal differences within the SIT. However, the high court rejected the government's plea.