AHMEDABAD: IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt, who had filed an affidavit in Supreme Court against the Gujarat government and chief minister Narendra Modi on the 2002 riots, was arrested on Friday by cops from his own force who later raided his Ahmedabad home. The arrest comes two days after Bhatt filed an affidavit in the Gujarat high court linking Modi and former home minister Amit Shah with the murder of BJP leader Haren Pandya.
Bhatt was held on a complaint filed by constable K D Pant accusing the IPS officer of abducting him and forcibly recording his statement. The officer was detained at 4.15pm from his house in Memnagar in the heart of Ahmedabad.
The story so far
In April, DIG Sanjeev Bhatt (pic) files affidavit in SC, alleging CM Narendra Modi called a meeting on Feb 27, 2002 following the burning of Sabarmati Express at Godhra station, and asked top officials to let "Hindus teach a lesson to Muslims". Bhatt was deputy commissioner of the State Intel Bureau at the time On Aug 8, Bhatt suspended for unauthorized absence from duty as principal of training school in Junagadh. Also accused of not appearing before an inquiry and for misuse of official car On Sept 18, Guj home ministry chargesheets Bhatt. State govt goes on to oppose his plea for relief in a 1990 case of alleged police atrocity.
No apex court action before Dussehra
The FIR on which Bhatt was arrested on Friday had been challenged by him in the Supreme Court. A bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam had also issued a notice on Bhatt's petition to the Gujarat government.
The arrest appears to have been strategically timed to prevent any immediate intervention from the Supreme Court in the matter, as it will be shut next week for Dussehra.
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