New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The Gujarat government should distance itself from those accused of committing abuse of law in the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, the Supreme Court was told Wednesday.

Senior counsel Gopal Subramanium, appointed by the court for its assistance, said this in a case involving a petition by the Central Bureau of Investigation seeking the transfer of trial outside Gujarat in the abduction and staged shootout killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh by state policemen.