Gujarat Riots: Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi- Supreme Court Hearing: LIVE UPDATES

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17 Nov 2021 10:36 AM IST

  • Gujarat Riots: Zakia Jafris Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi- Supreme Court Hearing: LIVE UPDATES

    Supreme Court will continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002.A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar is hearing the matter.Yesterday, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal has drawn the court's attention towards the issue...

    Supreme Court will continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002.

    A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar is hearing the matter.

    Yesterday, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal has drawn the court's attention towards the issue of collaboration of the key functionaries of the State with the accused persons, referring to the documents submitted by him along with the Protest Petition. It was his submission that the SIT did not make investigations regarding the collaboration and the allied issues, when there was evidence before it.

    During the course of four days until today, Mr. Sibal contended that the Special Investigation Team had neither looked into the reports by the National Human Rights Commission, Election Commission, or the Committee on Empowerment of Women set up by Parliament with respect to the Gujarat riots nor did they examine the members of such commissions. He also demonstrated the flaw in SIT's stand that there was no violence or arson.

    SIT has not challenged the Gujarat High Court's decision to acquit Maya Kodnani, former BJP MLA from Naroda, who was identified as the 'kingpin' in the Naroda Patiya massacre of 2002 by the trial court, Mr. Kapil Sibal argued hinting at the political optics of the SIT not challenging the High Court order. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal told the Supreme Court that the SIT head RK Raghavan was appointed as a High Commissioner later, and all these people who 'collaborated were rehabilitated later.

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    • 17 Nov 2021 2:36 PM IST

      Sibal: But, the Investigating officer could have found out from PP Pandey what was happening. I am indicating that an investigation should have been done.

    • 17 Nov 2021 2:36 PM IST

      Sibal: Yes. But, everybody (VHP and other party members) decided they will go to Godhra. They decided in the morning. I cannot argue on this, we cannot attribute motive to everybody.

    • 17 Nov 2021 2:36 PM IST

      Bench: What is being pointed out is that the calls after the Godhra incident. Decision was taken to transport bodies was at night.

    • 17 Nov 2021 2:36 PM IST

      Mr. Sibal referred to the incoming calls.

      Bench: This is after the incident. Not before

      Sibal: We are not talking about Godhra.

      Bench: This is Commissioner of police, Ahmedabad.

      Sibal: By then bodies did not reach.

    • 17 Nov 2021 2:30 PM IST

      Sibal: So this call data record was available, was given to PP Pandey. Never analysed, never investigated, never looked at. Now kindly look at pg. 115. We got the data from SIT, we analysed it. This is PC Pandey, Commissioner of police. This is 27.02.2002.

    • 17 Nov 2021 2:23 PM IST

      Sibal: Here is a Police officer who is suspecting all this is happening - that accused, police, bureaucrat and politicians are exchanging messages over mobile phone.

    • 17 Nov 2021 2:22 PM IST

      Sibal: Now, kindly come to the issue of telephone call records, which again were never investigated. Now, Milords pg 109 3rd Para. 'We had information of use of mobile phones in a big way..even in Ahmedabad' He is an IPS officer at Bhavnagar who is saying this.

    • 17 Nov 2021 2:22 PM IST

      Sibal: Kindly come to Press statement of Jaydeep Patel on 28.02.2002.

      Sibal: This statement is on the 27th. I'll make sure, but I am told it is 27th.

      Sibal: Reads out the press statement. He (Jaydeep) said 'Innocent sisters were raped.' No one ever said that. Next is of Vaiyas. Not required to be read.

    • 17 Nov 2021 2:21 PM IST

      Sibal: This is contrary to what DM says. How could dead bodies be handed over to a private body? Not investigated.

      Sibal: Police escorted us(Jaydeep) from Godhra to Ahmedabad.

      Sibal: So, all the dead bodies were flashed in that state. Kindly see page 87. This is much before in the morning riots had erupted in the city. This is clear that there was unanimous decision to handover.

    • 17 Nov 2021 2:21 PM IST

      Sibal: Next imp. statement is Jaydeep Patel. 'The info about the burning coach was received by me sometime between 8:30 to 9 from some kar sevak....'

      Sibal: He went with Hashmukh Patel. This mobile phone could have a wealth of info. Not seized, not asked for.

      Sibal: I (Jaydeep) along with other VHP workers took out the bodies...I requested them to hand over the dead bodies to the me for transportation to Ahmedabad. They acceded.

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