Gujarat Riots : Mukul Rohatgi Defends SIT Clean Chit To Narendra Modi - Live Updates From Zakia Jafri's Case In Supreme Court Hearing

Rohatgi: Three things are very important. The meeting of 27.02 at the CM office. Testimony of an IPS officer, then SP, Sanjeev Bhat. Third is another police officer RB Sreekumar. I am indicating that the complaint and protest deal extensively with their statements.

Rohatgi: It is also on record that the husband had also fired 8 shots into the mob. 2002-03 Writ Petitions filed. 17.08.2004, Ruma Pal order, wherever there is closure it should be investigated. Several cases were reopened, reinvestigated and several chargesheet were filed.

Rohatgi: 01.03 deployment got complete. Several cases were filed across the State. Godhra is were carnage occurred. Meghaninagar also called the Gulberg society. Complainant lives in that society, her husband was killed in that society.

Rohatgi: Then bodies were taken back to Ahmedabad. So much about parading of bodies all this is in the report. On 28.02 bodies were handed over to Solah Hospital. 28.02 call was taken to call the arm. No delay in calling army. 28.02 itself segment of army started arriving.

Rohatgi: There is no material to conclude that there is any other conspiracy other than the cases that are already being tried. I have made a short note that I want your lordships to see. It contains the complaint, report and relevant orders passed in this case.

Rohatgi: The carnage took place at 7:45 AM, 58 ppl charred to death, 59 victims died after a The same day the assembly was in session. The same day doctors were called considering the condition of the death bodies, charred beyond recognition.

Rohatgi: My endeavour to show that SIT conducted its job thoroughly. It had to be submitted in the Gulberg case. The copies were given to the Petitioner who filed a Protest Petition. All this is because this was the mandate of the highest court of the land.

Mukul Rohatgi commenced his arguments for SIT