Teesta Setalvad and RB Sreekumar were arrested by the city’s crime branch about a month ago. (file)
Ahmedabad:
A sessions court in Ahmedabad on Saturday refused bail to activist Teesta Setalvad and former Director General of Police (DGP) RB Sreekumar, who were arrested for allegedly forging documents to implicate innocent people in the 2002 riots cases. it was done.
Additional Chief Justice DD Thakkar said that both the orders are set aside.
Teesta Setalvad and RB Sreekumar were booked by the city crime branch about a month ago on the basis of a First Information Report (FIR) against them under sections 468 (forgery with the intention of cheating) and 194 (to give) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). But was arrested. or fabricating false evidence with the intention of securing a conviction for a capital offence).
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to probe the case has alleged in its affidavit that they were part of a larger conspiracy at the behest of late Congress leader Ahmed Patel to destabilize the then Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. . Narendra Modi.
It has alleged that Rs 30 lakh was paid to Teesta Setalvad at the behest of Ahmed Patel soon after the 2002 Godhra train burning incident.
The SIT claimed that RB Sreekumar was a “disgruntled government official” who “misused the process of defaming the elected representatives, bureaucracy and police administration of the entire Gujarat state for wrong purposes”.
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