Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at the Centre saying no one killed Sohrabuddin Shaikh, he just died.

A day after a special CBI court in Gujarat acquitted all 22 accused in the alleged fake encounter of gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh, Congress president Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at the decision saying "no one killed" Shaikh, Kausar Bi and some others, "they just died".

In a tweet on Saturday, Rahul put out a list: "NO ONE KILLED... Haren Pandya. Tulsiram Prajapati. Justice Loya. Prakash Thombre. Shrikant Khandalkar. Kauser Bi. Sohrabuddin Shiekh. THEY JUST DIED."

All 22 accused in the alleged fake encounter killings of gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and his aide Tulsi Prajapati were acquitted on Friday by a special CBI court citing insufficient evidence, even as it expressed sorrow over the loss of "three lives."

NO ONE KILLED...



Haren Pandya.



Tulsiram Prajapati.



Justice Loya.



Prakash Thombre.



Shrikant Khandalkar.



Kauser Bi.



Sohrabuddin Shiekh.



THEY JUST DIED. Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 22, 2018





Special CBI Judge S J Sharma said in his ruling that the court feels sorry for the families of Shaikh and Prajapati as "three lives were lost", but the system demands that the court go solely by evidence. "....I am helpless," the judge said.

The court noted that the prosecution could not have done much to salvage its case as key witnesses turned hostile.

The 13-year-old case saw several twists and turns, including 92 prosecution witnesses turning hostile. At one point, BJP president Amit Shah was also arrested briefly in 2010 in the case before being discharged in December 2014.