The Gujarat ATS on Saturday detained activist Teesta Setalvad from her residence in Mumbai in connection with a foreign fund case on her NGO.
This came hours after the Union Home Minister Amit Shah Said that the NGO run by Setalvad gave baseless information about the Gujarat riots.
“I have read the judgment very carefully. The name of Teesta Setalvad is clearly mentioned in the verdict. The NGO run by her – I do not remember the name of the NGO – had given baseless information about the riots to the police. The news agency quoted Amit Shah as saying, ANI,
Shah was referring to the Supreme Court judgment challenging the 2002 clean chit given by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and several others, Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri. The petition was dismissed. riots
Setalvad was the co-petitioner.
Upholding the clean chit of the SIT, the Supreme Court on Friday said that Setalvad exploited the sentiments of Jafri.
A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar said, “All those involved in such misuse of process should stand in the dock and proceed in accordance with law.” Someone.”
“Teesta Setalvad’s antecedents need to be considered and also because she is torturing the matter out of vengeance. [dispute] For his hidden designs by exploiting the feelings and emotions of Zakia Jafri, the real victim of the circumstances,” the apex court said.
The case pertains to the incident known as the Gulberg Society incident, in which 68 people, including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, were killed in the riots that broke out in a train compartment in February 2002, in which 59 people were killed.
A decade later, the SIT report acquitted Narendra Modi, citing “no prosecutable evidence” in the Gulberg Society case.
On Friday, upholding the SIT’s nod, the top court dismissed the petition filed by Zakia Jafri, saying the plea was “for boiling pots, apparently for inverted design”.
However, Ehsan Jafri’s son Tanveer Jafri has said that he is disappointed with the SC’s decision. “I am disappointed with the court’s decision. Since I am out of the country, I will give a detailed statement after studying the verdict,” the news agency quoted Tanveer as saying. PTI,