Ahmedabad: A classes court docket in Ahmedabad on Saturday refused bail to activist Teesta Setalvad and former Director Normal of Police R B Sreekumar, arrested for allegedly fabricating proof to border harmless individuals in 2002 Gujarat riots circumstances. Extra principal decide D D Thakkar stated that each the bail functions had been being rejected.
Setalvad and Sreekumar had been arrested by the town crime department round a month in the past on the idea of a First Info Report registered towards them underneath Indian Penal Code sections 468 (forgery for objective of dishonest) and 194 (giving or fabricating false proof with intent to obtain conviction for capital offence).
The Particular Investigation Workforce fashioned to probe the case alleged that the duo had been half of a bigger conspiracy carried out on the behest of late Congress chief Ahmed Patel to destabilise the Gujarat authorities led by then chief minister Narendra Modi.
Setalvad was paid Rs 30 lakh at Patel’s behest quickly after the Godhra practice burning incident of 2002, the SIT alleged.
Sreekumar was a “disgruntled authorities officer” who “abused the method for damning the elected representatives, paperwork and police administration of the entire state of Gujarat for ulterior functions”, the SIT claimed.
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