The Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case is an ongoing criminal case in the Gujarat state of India, after the state police killed Sohrabuddin Anwarhussain Sheikh on November 26, 2005, while he was in police custody.Apart from being involved in the criminal extortion racket in Gujarat, Sheikh was also involved in arms smuggling in Madhya Pradesh, and also had murder cases registered against him in Gujarat and Rajasthan.