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Teesta cannot be arrested till October 15, says SC
September 11, 2015
Just in: The Supreme Court extends the stay on Teesta Setalvad's arrest till October 15. The Supreme Court in March had extended the anticipatory bail granted to Setalvad and her husband in a case related to alleged misuse of funds meant for Gujarat riots victims and referred the case to a larger bench.
Setalvad
and her husband have been booked by the Crime Branch of Gujarat Police
on charges of cheating, breach of trust and under the IT Act, in a
matter relating to the construction of "Museum of Resistance" in the
Gulbarg Society in Ahmedabad which was hit by communal riots in 2002.
On February 28, 2002, in the aftermath of the Godhra train burning
incident, armed rioters had swooped on the Gulbarg Society and killed 69
people, including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri.
One of the
riot victims from Gulbarg Housing Society, which was burnt during the
2002 post-Godhra riots, had lodged a complaint with the Ahmedabad Police
against Setalvad, Anand and two NGOs run by them - Citizens for Justice
and Peace and Sabrang Trust - alleging misappropriation of funds to the
tune of Rs 1.51 crore.
According to the complaint, the accused
persons had collected funds in the name of converting part of the
Gulbarg Society into a museum and had allegedly misappropriated funds
worth Rs 1.51 crore.
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