Amit Shah leaves Gujarat as per SC order

Following Supreme Court?s orders asking him to stay out of the state till November 15, former Gujarat minister Amit Shah on Sunday left for Mumbai.

Shah flew to Mumbai by a morning flight and is likely to stay there till November 15, when the apex court takes up CBI?s plea seeking cancellation of the former minister?s bail in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

In a stern warning, the Supreme Court asked Amit Shah on Saturday to leave Gujarat by Sunday morning till further orders.

“It is in your interest if you stay away from Gujarat,” the apex court said in its directive to the former Gujarat Home Minister.

The order came after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the bail granted by the Gujarat High Court to Amit Shah and sought an urgent hearing.

CBI told the Supreme Court that Shah may tamper with evidence while on bail.

The Gujarat High Court had on Friday granted Shah bail, three months after he was arrested in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.