All 22 accused in Sohrabuddin encounter case acquitted

 Mumbai, Dec 21: A special CBI court on Friday here acquitted all 22 accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati encounter case and rape-cum-murder of Kausar Bi saying witnesses and proofs were not satisfactory.

"Witnesses and proofs were not satisfactory to prove conspiracy and murder in the 2005 encounter killing," said Special CBI judge S.J. Sharma, who observed that the circumstantial evidence was not substantial.