Updated on Sunday, April 24, 2011, 00:31
Tags: Gujarat riots, K Chakrabarthi, Sanjiv Bhatt
Ahmedabad/New Delhi: Gujarat's top police officer at the time of post-Godhra riots on Saturday contradicted IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court implicating Narendra Modi in the communal clashes, claiming he was not present in the meeting with the Chief Minister held on February 27, 2002.
Bhatt had created a flutter in his affidavit alleging that at the meeting Modi had instructed officers to allow Hindus to "vent out their anger" during the clashes and wanted Muslims to be "taught a lesson".
"He (Sanjiv Bhatt) was not present in that particular meeting held with the Chief Minister and other high-ranking officials. I have told this to the Special Investigation Team (probing the riots) during my deposition," K Chakrabarthi, then Director General of Police, said.
Bhatt had created a flutter in his affidavit alleging that at the meeting Modi had instructed officers to allow Hindus to "vent out their anger" during the clashes and wanted Muslims to be "taught a lesson".
"He (Sanjiv Bhatt) was not present in that particular meeting held with the Chief Minister and other high-ranking officials. I have told this to the Special Investigation Team (probing the riots) during my deposition," K Chakrabarthi, then Director General of Police, said.
n Delhi , Congress stepped up attack against Modi saying victims will not get justice as long as he is the Chief Minister of Gujarat .
"As long as Narendra Modi is Chief Minister, the victims cannot get justice there," party general secretary Digvijay Singh told reporters.
The CPI(M) demanded immediate investigation of Modi's role in the 2002 post-Godhra riots and his prosecution following accusations by a senior state police officer.
Noting that the affidavit filed by Bhatt had alleged that Modi had "instructed senior police officials in a meeting not to act to protect Muslims from violence", the party said the statement "confirms the culpability of the Chief Minister in the pogroms".
"As long as Narendra Modi is Chief Minister, the victims cannot get justice there," party general secretary Digvijay Singh told reporters.
The CPI(M) demanded immediate investigation of Modi's role in the 2002 post-Godhra riots and his prosecution following accusations by a senior state police officer.
Noting that the affidavit filed by Bhatt had alleged that Modi had "instructed senior police officials in a meeting not to act to protect Muslims from violence", the party said the statement "confirms the culpability of the Chief Minister in the pogroms".
Predictably, the BJP came to Modi's defence. "From what I know of Narendra Modi personally I cannot even imagine (that he would have supported post-Godhra rioters. The court will itself decide on the PIL or affidavit that this person has filed," former BJP president Rajnath Singh said.
Bhatt was posted in the Intelligence Department when
In his affidavit to the apex court, Bhatt says that he attended a meeting on February 27, 2002 - after the Godhra train burning incident earlier that day - during which Modi asked police officers to be "indifferent" to rioters and to the calls for help from areas under attack.
Courtesy:zeenews
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