However, Ahmedabad's metropolitan magistrate S.P. Tamang's inquiry report released Monday asserted there was no shootout between the four youngsters and the police. The report added that the four students were kidnapped from Mumbai June 12, 2004, and killed in cold blood two days later, victims of extra-judicial killing by law enforcers.

Refusing to comment on the magistrate's probe report, Prasad said the report 'was not final.'

Hinting at a political conspiracy, Prasad said: 'Some people have problem with (Narendra) Modi's (Gujarat chief minister) name because he has done development work. But the democratic results of Gujarat are well known.'