Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley’s revelation that Ishrat Jahan was working for Lashkar-e-Taiba has “vindicated” Gujarat police’s stand that she was a terrorist and the gun-battle in which she was killed was “genuine”, retired IPS officer DG Vanzara said on Thursday.
Vanzara, who was Deputy Commissioner of Police with the city Crime Branch when the encounter took place, was granted bail by a Mumbai court in February 2015. Since he is barred from entering Gujarat by the court, he resides in Mumbai.
“The encounter was politicised and taken in another direction. Encounters were genuine but cases against Gujarat police were fake,” Vanzara told reporters here.
“The lie that she was an innocent college girl, has been nailed with the Headley deposition,” he said. “Of the four terrorists killed, talk revolves only around Ishrat,” he said.
“There were inputs from Central agencies that they were terrorists,” Vanzara said when asked how he was sure that Ishrat was a terrorist.