Strong evidence against Modi in riots case, claims Teesta Setalvad
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- Tuesday, 19 February 2013 06:34
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Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad
Social activist Teesta Setalvad raised a storm on Monday by claiming that there is "strong" evidence against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 post Godhra riots case.
The Special Investigation Team had given Modi a clean chit in the case. Now Setalvad has claimed that in a complaint filed by Zakia Jafri, wife of slain ex-Congress MP Ehsan Jafri. “We have many strong cases and evidence against many of the accused including accused number one (Modi)," Setalvad
Setalvad’s NGO Centre for Justice and Peace (CJP) has been providing legal assistance to 2002 post-Godhra riot victims. Setalvad also blamed SIT for the delay in trials of two major 2002 rioting cases at Gulberg society and Naroda Gaam, out of the nine cases which were investigated by the SIT under the Supreme Court's direction.
"Gulberg case trial is almost at the completion stage but SIT has challenged a trial court order, directing it to furnish all investigation documents before the court, in the High Court," she alleged, adding that because of this, the trial was held up.
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