The apex court upheld SIT’s clean chit to then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and 63 others in the 2002 riots in the state, ruled out that the probe by the SIT had been inefficient or infirm in this case.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah in an interview with news agency ANI said that Narendra Modi did not “do drama” while appearing before the SIT. “Modi ji didn’t do drama while appearing before SIT – come out in my support, call MLAs-MPs & stage dharna…If SIT wants to question CM,he himself is ready to cooperate. Why protest?” he said.
Shah’s interview comes a day after the Supreme Court dismissed, slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri’s wife, Zakia Jafri’s plea challenging clean chit given by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to 64 people including then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 Gujarat riots case.
Appreciating the SIT for the “indefatigable work” done in the 2002 Gujarat riots case, the Supreme Court said that it has come out with “flying colours unscathed” adding that there is no hesitation in accepting its opinion that no case has been made out to indicate a larger conspiracy to cause or precipitate mass violence against the minority community in the state, as per a report by news agency PTI.
While the apex court upheld SIT’s clean chit to then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and 63 others in the 2002 riots in the state, ruled out that the probe by the SIT had been inefficient or infirm in this case.
Zakia Jafri had alleged a larger conspiracy and had challenged the Gujarat High Court’s October 5, 2017 order rejecting her petition against the SIT decision.
Around 1000 people were killed in the riots that had broken out in the state of Gujarat after two coaches of Sabarmati Express were torched near Godhara Railway station which had claimed the lives of 59 karsevaks.
