"After looking into the matter, after I took over as Home Minister, we came to the conclusion that the encounter was a genuine encounter," he said at a press conference here.
The Home Minister said that it was the view of Digvijay Singh from the very beginning and he (Chidambaram) respected his (Singh's) view.
"But every authority who has looked into it (the case), has agreed that it was a genuine encounter. So, while there is a difference of opinion, I think the matter rests where it stands today. I don't think there is any scope for reopening that matter," he said.
Digvijay Singh raked up the issue yesterday about the encounter being "fake", after Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi faced protests during his campaign visit to Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, home of those killed in the encounter.
Singh said he always believed the Batla House encounter was fake and had tried to get the government and the Home Ministry to re-investigate the matter.
"The Prime Minister and Home Minister were of the view that the encounter was true. That's why I did not not press it further," Singh had said in Azamgar from where a number of youth were arrested in terror cases, including the Delhi bomb blasts.
Congress has in past distanced itself from Digvijay Singh's remarks on the Batla House encounter.
