Later on Monday, advocates of an Ahmedabad court decided not to appear on behalf of arrested IPS officer D G Vanzara in the case relating to the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake encounter. They said Vanzara had 'troubled advocates in the past.

On Wednesday an official announced that the two IPS officers will be suspended soon.

Rajnish Rai, a senior police officer who played a leading role in unravelling the case, was abruptly removed from the investigations on Thursday. The investigations will now be headed by Geeta Johri, IG (CID), who has been brought back into the case on a day when the Supreme Court asked the state government to report why she was shifted.

Image: Deputy Inspector General - Gujarat Border Range, D G Vanjhara, (3L) and Superintendent - Intelligence Bureau, R K Pandian (2L) are escorted by police officials for an appearaqnce before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate K J Upadhyay in Ahmedabad on April 25.
Photographs: Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images

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