Anti-Modi cop Bhatt charged in custodial death case

November 08, 2012 18:53

Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has been charged for his alleged role in the death of a VHP worker when he was SP in the area. The case concerns the death of one Prabhudas Vaishnani who allegedly succumbed to the injuries inflicted on him while in custody. The VHP worker was arrested for his role in the riots.

The police had allegedly thrashed him while he was in custody at the police station on the night of October 30, 1990. Bhatt, who has alleged complicity of chief minister Narendra Modi in 2002 post-Godhra riots, was assistant superintendent of police at the time in Jamnagar.

Bhatt had moved the sessions court opposing framing of charges against him in connection with the case.

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