Silencing Teesta Setalvad

July 24, 2015 13:01

"The "caged parrot' that sings to its master's tune is at it again. Twelve "parrots' searched Teesta Setalvad's home and office in Mumbai for proof that she had used foreign donations to her NGO for private purposes. I would think that the CBI has weightier matters to deal with but Setalvad has offended those in power with her single-minded devotion to the cause of justice for Gujarat's Muslims. If not for this intrepid woman, the injustices of Delhi 1984 would have been repeated in Gujarat."

Former Mumbai police commissioner and former Gujarat DGP Julio Ribeiro's column for the Indian Express. Read

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