Ahmedabad, April 29: The statement of the IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt, who has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court making allegations against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with regard to 2002 riots, would be recorded in-camera, officials of the Nanavati Commission said today.
Bhatt has been summoned by the Commission on May 16. Commission’s secretary, C G Patel, said the police officer had been called by the probe panel for some clarification, and questioning would take place in the judges’ chamber.
“It will not be a public hearing,” he said. Yesterday, sources in the commission had said that Bhatt would be questioned in an open court. In his affidavit in the Supreme Court, Bhatt has alleged that Modi had instructed police officers to allow Hindus “to vent out their anger” during the post-Godhra riots.
–PTI