June 25, 2022, Saturday
A team of Gujarat ATS has taken custody of
activist Teesta Setalvad. The apex court had called for further investigation
on Setalvad. On Friday, the Supreme Court had said that on whose behest did
Setalvad run the campaign against Modi for 16 years?
A team of
Gujarat ATS has detained activist Teesta Setalvad in Mumbai and took her
to Santacruz police station. A cop team had reached her Mumbai residence
earlier on Saturday in connection to a case on her NGO. The move by
Gujarat Police came after the Supreme Court had called for
further investigation on Setalvad and asked on whose behest did Setalvad
run the campaign against Modi for 16 years.
After the observation of the Supreme Court, a case has been
registered against Teesta Setalvad, Sanjeev Bhat and R B Sri Kumar in Ahmedabad
Crime Branch under Sections 468, 471, 194, 211, 218,
120B. Teesta Setalvad, Sanjeev Bhat and R B Sri Kumar have
been accused of misusing the legal process on the basis of Zakia Jafri's
petition and presenting false documents in different commissions.
On
Friday, the Supreme Court had dismissed a petition challenging the clean
chit given by the SIT to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others
in the 2002 post-Godhra riots cases. Setalvad's NGO had supported Zakia
Jafri throughout her legal battle. Jafri's husband Ehsan Jafri was killed
during the riots.
While talking to news agency ANI on Friday, Amit Shas said
Teesta Setalvad-run NGO gave baseless information about the Gujarat riots.
Shah's comments came after the Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal
against the exoneration of then-state Chief Minister Narendra Modi in a 2002
riots case.
The Gujarat
government told the Supreme Court earlier that in the name of Zakia Jafri,
social activist Teesta Setalvad wants to keep the “pot boiling” on the 2002
riots, which would be a “travesty of justice” and the apex court should not
encourage such petitions.
The Supreme Court, however, dismissed Zakia Jafri’s
plea on Friday, challenging SIT's clean chit to 64 people, including then
Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi. The Apex Court upheld the Gujarat High
Court order, saying Zakia Jafri's appeal is devoid of merits & deserves to
be dismissed.