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The Central Bureau of Investigation is ready to file a supplementary chargesheet in the Ishrat Jahan murder case and BJP general secretary Amit Shah has not been named in it.The CBI sources have said that BJP general secretary, who was the Gujarat home minister Narendra Modi at the time of the encounter, will not be named in the case as speculated.The agency sources also say they are taking advise from Law Ministry on whether they need permission to prosecute IB officers in Ishrat Jahan case or not.CBI sources said they have gathered enough evidence about the role of IB officers in the conspiracy behind the encounter but there are contrary views on whether sanction from Home Ministry is needed to prosecute Special Director Rajinder Kumar (now retired), and three other officers, P Mittal, MK Sinha and Rajiv Wankhede.Earlier, the CBI had filed chargesheet on July 3 terming the encounter fake and saying it was a joint operation between Gujarat Police and Intelligence Bureau (IB).The latest development in the case will come as a major relief for Shah and Modi in view of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections which are just a few months away.Ishrat Jahan, Javed Shaikh, Zeeshan Johar and Amjad Ali were killed in Ahmedabad on June 16, 2004. Police officials have claimed that all four were Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists on a mission to kill Modi.The Gujarat High Court asked CBI to investigate the case after Ishrat's mother and Javed's father filed petitions seeking a CBI probe.