Supreme Court to 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 will take up the part-heard matter for further hearing. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi for SIT will continue...
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1 Dec 2021 2:28 PM IST
Rohatgi: Next, they say that they did not call the army. This is false. 28.02.2002 Army was called in.
1 Dec 2021 2:27 PM IST
Rohatgi: Court after courts have found that they were the bodies of kar sevaks. Some innocent persons like women and children were also there.
1 Dec 2021 2:27 PM IST
Rohatgi: If this is to the extent that you insinuate - Kindly see the allegation that no one can say that all the dead bodies were of kar sevaks.
1 Dec 2021 2:24 PM IST
Rohatgi: Now they have not read 27.02.2002, the attack is on meeting of 28.02.2002. The insinuation is that someone from the train provoked and so train was burned.
1 Dec 2021 2:21 PM IST
Rohatgi: Now see, you attack the meeting of 28.02.2002. Now 466, about the Collector - post mortem. Now see 470 is imp. Absolutely wild investigation. The conclusion of the report that the fire was from the inside, had to be investigated by SIT.
1 Dec 2021 2:17 PM IST
Rohatgi: Come to 399. See 459. Again about Shreekumar. See 461, again every allegation ultimate go towards A1.
1 Dec 2021 2:17 PM IST
Rohatgi: See the buildup now.
Rohatgi: Now, kindly see about the infamous register kept by Shreekumar. They call him credible when SIT and Commission (Nanavati) gave contrary finding. It goes on and on. 5 no. of pages are now devoted to Shreekumar.
1 Dec 2021 2:14 PM IST
Rohatgi: Nothing happened in 27.02.2002. So, what is the implication - The fire (train torched) took place in morning, so ministers and officers met in Gulberga to conspire.
1 Dec 2021 2:11 PM IST
Mr. Rohatgi reads out the allegation.
Rohatgi: What is there to probe when nothing happened in 27.02.2002. They are cooking up castles in the air. Even if a person passes a tower the location is picked up. The ministers were travelling. Now they say why they were travelling?
1 Dec 2021 2:11 PM IST
See 293 bottom - Analysis of key persons in Meghaninagar namely Gulberg on 27.02.2002. Nothing happened in 27.02.2002 in Gulberg. Now, see the allegation.
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