SIT report spares all: From Modi, his Ministers to top Officers
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- Wednesday, 09 May 2012 15:49
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Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad
The report by the Special Investigation Team constituted by the SC to “Look Into” the allegations made by Zakia Jafri has given a clean chit to CM Narendra Modi, his minister and most of the BJP members named by Jafri.
The SIT report states that allegations made against former minister of state for home Amit Shah, Ashok Bhatt (the then state health minister), IK Jadeja (state urban development minister), Gordhan Zadaphia (then minister of state for home), Prabhatsinh Chauhan (minister for cow breeding and shrine development), Ranjitsinh Chavda (minister of state for cottage industries) Minister of state for energy and urban development Kaushik Patel, finance minister Nitin Patel and others were general in nature and could not be established.
Evidence has also not been found against members of the BJP and VHP like Kalu Maliwad former president of Lunawada Taluka Panchayat, BJP MLA from Waghodia Madhu Shrivastava, former BJP MLA from Padra Nalin Bhatt, BJP MP from Bhavnagar Rajendrasinh Rana, VHP’s former general secretary, Gujarat Dr Kaushik Mehta, International General Secretary of VHP Dr Pravin Togadia.
Meanwhile the report has raised doubts about the statement of suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt. The report states that Bhatt had used various media tricks apart from remaining in contact with several NGOs and activists and staying in touch with Congress leaders to influence amicus curiae. SIT has stated said that the officer remained in contact with top Congress leaders like Shaktisinh Gohil and Arjun Modhwadia who had provided him ‘packages,’ and certain materials in addition to legal assistance. It also revealed the emails exchanged between him and Gohil.
SIT report has cleared 34 IAS, IPS officers named by Zakia. It has recommended strong departmental action against four senior police officials. Officials against whom strict departmental action has been recommended are the then police inspector Tarun Barot (now ACP, SOG); former JCP, Vadodara, K Kumarswamy; DCP, Zone IV, Ahmedabad PK Gondia; and former JCP, Sector II, Ahmedabad MK Tandon. Barot and Tandon were found negligent in discharging their duty in the Gulbarg society case while PK Gondia was charged with negligence in the Naroda Patia case.
Former chief secretary G. Subbarao; ACS Home, A. Narayan; and then Ahmedabad police commissioner PC Pande have been given a clean chit. Others who have been exonerated of all charges include former collector, Baroda, Bhagyesh Jha; former collector, Bharuch, Anju Sharma; former additional CP, Ahmedabad, Shivanadn Jha; former collector, Ahmedabad, D.H. Brahmbhatt; former Special IGP, Baroda Deepak Swaroop, and former collector Ahmedabad Amrut Patel. The SIT’s report dismissed most of Zakia Jafri’s allegations against the officers as vague and baseless.
“Most allegations made by Zakia Nasim are vague and baseless as she does not have personal knowledge about the facts and had failed to state any of the facts mentioned in her complaint,” the report notes.
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