Ahmedabad, April 30: Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv Rajendra Bhatt, who filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court accusing Chief Minister Narendra Modi of complicity in the 2002 Godhra case, claimed he has more information against the BJP leader.
Bhatt said he will reveal more proof against Modi before the Nanavati Committee, which is investigating the Gujarat riots.
“I will tell Nanavati Commission that and much more because I was privy to much more,” Bhatt told media.
“If the commission is interested in finding out the truth and give me an opportunity to speak, I can come out with all the facts I can recollect at this point of time,” he said.
Bhatt said he has also told the apex court that he has more info on Gujarat riots.
“When I approached the Supreme Court with the affidavit, I told them that I know much more which I can reveal to the honorable court as and when I am called upon to do so,” said Bhatt.
Meanwhile, the Gujarat Police have reportedly withdrawn Bhatt’s security cover.
Bhatt told media that the five constables, who were deployed with him, have been called back to Junagadh by the director general of police (DGP) of Gujarat.
The State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) has allotted Y-category security to Bhatt.
Despite that, Bhatt said this is the second time his security cover was withdrawn.
Earlier this month, five constables, recruited for Bhatt’s security, were asked to report back to at State Reserve Police Training Centre (SRPTC) in Junagadh.
Bhatt has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court naming Modi in connection with the Godhra case and said the police ‘blindly’ followed the CM’s instructions that led to the decline of law and order in the state.
He said Modi asked the police to remain ‘indifferent’ to the rioters.
“The effects of directions given by the Chief Minister were widely manifested in the half-hearted approach and the evident lack of determination on the part of Police while dealing with the widespread incidents of orchestrated violence during the State sponsored Gujarat bandh on 28th February 2002 and also during the weeks that followed,” read a portion of his affidavit.
The officer also claimed to be present at the closed door ‘controversial’ meeting that was held at Modi’s residence on February 27, 2002 night.
“As an officer serving with the State Intelligence Bureau at that relevant point of time, I was not only present at the meeting held at the residence of the Chief Minister on the night of 27.2.2002, but had also witnessed the apparent lack of firmness on parts of many Police Units while dealing with the emergent situation,” Bhatt said in his affidavit.
Bhatt alleged that the SC-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) is trying to ‘shield’ Modi.
The infamous Gujarat riots of 2002 left hundreds of Muslims dead, injured and tortured and came as a blot in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP rule). The riots followed an incident of train burning in Godhra in which Hindus returning from Ayodhya were killed by a Muslim mob.
Around 1,000 supporters of prime accused Maulvi Umarjihad attacked the coach at the Godhra station and torched it killing 59 people and injuring many.
–Source: indiablooms.com