Trial in Shehla Masood case postponed to October 11

INDORE: The trial in the RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case was today postponed till October 11 as the special CBI court judge went on leave owing to ill-health.

The trial would resume on October 11 and Sultan Masood (Shehla's father) and two of the deceased's relatives - Sayeed Rahil Hussain and Sohail Athar Zaidi - would then depose before the court, CBI sources said.

On October 12, two prosecution witnesses - Anurag Patel and Rubab Jaidi (Shehla's aunt) - would testify in the case, sources said.

The Shehla case trial had begun on August 31 with sole prosecution witness M R Uikey, the assistant sub-inspector of police.

Shehla was shot dead outside her house in Bhopal on August 16, 2011.

Five accused chargesheeted in the case - interior designer and main accused Zahida Pervez, her colleague Saba Farooqui and three alleged shooters Shakeb Ali alias Danger, Tabish Khan and Irfan - were also brought to the court today for trial.