Ahmedabad, February 3
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to look into Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's alleged role in the post-Godhra riots of 2002 is reported to have found that the Chief Minister had tried to water down the seriousness of the situation.
According to a news magazine that released details of the purported report of the Supreme Court-appointed SIT, Modi tried to water down the seriousness of the situation at Gulberg Society, Naroda Patiya and other places by saying that "every action has an equal and opposite reaction".
The magazine, Tehelka, in a press release said that Modi, according to the report, had placed two senior ministers Ashok Bhatt and IK Jadeja in the Ahmedabad city police control room and the Gujarat state police control room during the riots with 'no definite charter'.
The SIT report says it appears that the political affiliation of the advocates did weigh with the government for the appointment of public prosecutors.
The SIT, according to the magazine, has concluded that allegations, which have been found to be true can't be further investigated under the law.
The SIT has given its report in a sealed cover to the apex court.
Meanwhile, BJP spokesperson Nirmala Seetharam, while questioning the authenticity of the report carried by the magazine, said these are more like allegations rather than the finding of the SIT. She said the party feels complete justice will be done for Modi and for it in the matter.
On some of the points raised in the report, Seetharaman said the process of recruiting public prosecutors in Gujarat goes through a system where the District Magistrate and the Sessions Judge sit together and finalise a panel of names. The state government has nothing to do with this,
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