Vanzara denies that defamation suit is at Hindu group's behest

August 18, 2015 21:15

Former IPS officer D G Vanzara today denied the allegation that he filed the Rs 101-crore defamation suit against Mufti Abdul Qayum Mansuri, a Muslim cleric acquitted in the Akshardham temple attack case, at the behest of Hindu right wing groups.

"The statement (by Mansuri) that the defamation suit was filed in nexus with Hindu extremists and old political friends of the applicant (Vanzara) to frame the respondent was not true," Vanzara said in his affidavit filed in the sessions court on August 12.

Mansuri has written a book titled `Gyarah Saal Salaakhon Ke Peechhe' (11 years behind the bars) on his experiences as an under-trial in the Akshardham terror attack case.

Vanzara sued him last month, seeking damages of Rs 101 crore claiming that Mansuri's book contains derogatory and defamatory content about him.

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