Gujarat Riots- Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi- LIVE UPDATES From Supreme Court Hearing
Sibal: Your Lordships asked me about the larger conspiracy. My answer to you lordship is, conspiracy is not something that can be established. It is only based on circumstantial evidence and that will come about if investigation is conducted.
Sibal: [Records were destroyed] Kindly see the reason at 137 as to how the records at Serial 1 to 5 were destroyed by burning. Now, Raju Bhargav, SP at Godhra - They don’t even ask him why photographs were allowed to be taken.
Sibal: Then Pg 99 contradiction in the statement of DM and then statement of Mamlatdar, who allowed Jaydeep to take bodies. Pg 136 is very important, dated 17th Nov 2009. Again with the SIT. This is Dhananjay writing to SIT.
Sibal: Now come to pg 96. This is a manual as to how you deal with photographs. Why were the photos allowed to be taken, published. Pg 97 vi (i) prohibition to take such photographs and published. Why was this investigation not done?
Sibal: Pg X buildup, Pg GG missing documents from SIT records, translation of document not done. Page JJ onwards documents, contents and reference. Then Skip all these. Pg 77 Statements of Zardafia, Jaydeep Patel, Ashok Bhat.
Sibal: Presence of Ministers in Control Room, Pg R Doctoring of FIR, Pg T Failure of SIT investigation. No investigation done. Statement of accused taken and accepted. Pg. V. Bias investigation.
Sibal: Pg C is bandh itself and no preemptive action taken, Pg D Citizens' Tribunal and Protest Petition. Pg I Post mortem, Pg K Handing over bodies to a private person.
Sibal: Now, Compilation Vol VII. Issues not dealt with by the Mag. and the HC. Now, Pg A is crucial issues raised, not given consideration by SIT.
Sibal: I had finished Vol VI. Kindly note in Vol VI Shreekumar’s statement is corroborated by Maniram, who was the Additional DG - Law and Order and Kaushik, who succeed PC Pandey as Commissioner of Police.
Sibal: [Sharma said mobile phones were used in a big way in the riots] Here is a police officer saying mobile phones were used. Then why did you not seize the mobile phones. The call records were never investigated.