Bhanwari Devi case: Special CBI prosecutor arrives in Jodhpur

JAIPUR: Special CBI prosecutor Ejaz Khan arrived in Jodhpur on Sunday to be a part of the trial of Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case, which is scheduled to commence in the court of ACJM (SC/ST cases) from Monday.
On reaching Jodhpur he met senior public prosecutor (CBI) from Jodhpur Shyam Singh Yadav and senior special counsel (CBI) from Jodhpur Ashok Joshi.Khan has come here to prepare for the case a day before the trial.
The CBI had appointed a panel of three lawyers for the trial of the accused in the Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case. The panel comprises senior public prosecutor (CBI) from Mumbai Ejaz Khan, senior public prosecutor (CBI) from Jodhpur Shyam Singh Yadav and senior special counsel (CBI) from Jodhpur Ashok Joshi. So far, Yadav and Joshi had been handling the case. But, now, special CBI prosecutor Ejaz Khan has also joined them. The decision on the names of the lawyers was taken in a meeting at the CBI headquarters in New Delhi on May 6.
Khan has vast experience in tacking complicated and high profile cases. He has been associated with the CBI since 1992. Some of the cases in which he represented CBI are Soharabuddin encounter case, Tulsi Prajapati encounter case, Adarsh scam, Purulia arms dropping case and the abduction and murder case of Meerut university lecturer Kavita Rani. All these cases were sensational and some of the most talked about cases not only in India but also in other parts of the world. Another member of the three-member panel is Yadav. He has been representing the CBI for the past 15 years. He represented the CBI in the Jugta Ram castration case of Barmer leading to conviction of the four accused in 1994. The third member of the panel is Joshi, who is a criminal lawyer. However, he is not as experienced as the other two as he has recently been appointed as senior special counsel.