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New Delhi, May 7: The Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case is fast taking a political colour with Gujarat headed for elections later in 2007.

On the defensive, the Narendra Modi government received a shot in the arm after the BJP released a video of Sohrabuddin, claiming he was indeed a terrorist.

The video shows Sohrabuddin's body being brought by a group of people shouting anti-India slogans.

The Gujarat government is to file a status report on May 14, 2007 before the Supreme Court on the investigations in the case.

On Monday morning, proceedings in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were disrupted after the Congress and other parties such as the Samajwadi Party demanded Narendra Modi's resignation over the issue. They have accused his government of shielding policemen. Also read: Vanzara, Pandian suspended | Full coverage: Fake encounter case

Minister of State for Home, Sri Prakash Jaiswal has demanded a CBI enquiry into the Gujarat Fake Encounter case. 

"There should be a CBI enquiry into the Gujarat fake encounter. Since there are so many accusations levelled against the state government, a CBI enquiry is the best way to get to the truth," he said.

However, Gujarat BJP President, Purushottam Rupala responded to this by saying: "By raising this issue, the Congress is trying to gain political mileage, but let me tell you, they will pay a heavy price. Remember, this is election year in Gujarat and Congress should realise that it cannot come to power in Gandhinagar via Sohrabuddin."

"We will gve a fitting reply to this. Congress is used to making all such demands, but why do they not understand, that they are actually boosting the morale of mafia and criminals," Rupala added.

Meanwhile, the digging work by CID and forensic experts has ended in Illol, near Ahmedabad, where Kauser Bi was allegedly burnt by the policemen.

The Gujarat Police had arrested three IPS officials on a charge of murder for their alleged role in the death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh on November 22, 2005.

The police had arrested former director of the Gujarat anti-terrorism squad, D G Vanjara, SP of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Rajkumar Pandyan and an officer from the Rajasthan ATS, Dinesh Kumar.

The three had claimed that Sheikh was a Lashkar-e-Toiba operative on a mission to kill Narendra Modi.

Sohrabuddin Sheikh's wife, Kauser Bi was also with him at the time of the encounter and was also killed by the policemen. Her body was later burnt and disposed off.

Sohrabuddin was traveling with his wife from Hyderabad to Sangli in an inter-state bus in Maharashtra, when the Gujarat ATS and the Rajasthan STF picked them along with a third man — Tulsiram Prajapati.

Tulsiram Prajapati, too, was killed by the police in a fake encounter. Following a CID probe, the Gujarat government admitted in court that is was a fake encounter.

Meanwhile, evidence has emerged that the powerful marble lobby in Rajasthan had paid off Gujarat anti-terrorism squad's D G Vanjara to dispose of Sheikh, who was allegedly extorting money from marble traders.

Kauser Bi was killed simply because she was a witness to Sheikh's fake encounter.