Addressing an election meeting at Mangrol in South Gujarat on Tuesday, Modi questioned the crowd as to what should have been done to a man who dealt with illegal arms and ammunition, to which it shouted back "kill him".
"Then if I have done anything wrong, let the government of Sonia Gandhi hang me," he said.
"The Congress President Sonia Gandhi speaks about terrorism. But she has lost the right to talk on this because even after a year of Supreme Court's verdict, confirming the death sentence of Afzal Guru, in the Parliament attack case, nothing has been done towards adhering to the apex court's order," Modi said.
The fake encounter of Sohrabuddin and later the death of his wife Kauser Bi in mysterious circumstances stirred a lot of controversy.
Earlier, the state government had admitted in Supreme Court that Sohrabuddin was killed in a fake encounter. Three IPS officers including DIG Border range D G Vanzara, who was formerly heading the Anti-Terrorist Squad of Gujarat police, were arrested in connection with the case.
Cong labels Modi 'Mr Death'
New Delhi, December 5:
Labelling Narendra Modi ‘Mr Death’ after his Sohrabuddin remarks, Congress today stepped up pressure on the controversial Gujarat Chief Minister, asking the courts and the Election Commission to take suo-motu cognisance of his election speech.
The party also said it will take appropriate action against him if it comes to power in the state.
"There are no two views that if we come to power, we will take appropriate action (against Modi)," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said.
Alleging that it was for the first time in global political history that a sitting Constitutional authority has admitted to ‘cold blooded murder’, he said the phrase ‘merchant of death’ was not just ‘appropriate’ but in fact too mild for him.
"Is this not Mr Death himself speaking. This is a clear admission of guilt. Here is a pre-planned, deliberate, designed, cold blooded murder," Singhvi said.
He said the courts should take suo-motu cognisance of the admission made from a public forum and should convict him for cold-blooded murder, adding he wondered whether his next admission would have something to do with the disappearance of Kauser Bi, the wife of Sohrabuddin.
"This gentleman has conducted clear and gross contempt of the courts up to the apex court where several cases pertaining to the Sohrabuddin issue are pending," he said.
Singhvi also called upon the courts to expedite and conclude the trial of the Sohrabuddin cases.
He said the Election Commission (EC) must immediately take suo-motu cognisance of Modi's speech as ‘it is meant to affect the on-going electoral process in the state’.