Gujarat court reserves order on Teesta's discharge plea till July 20

July 12, 2023 22:18

A court in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Wednesday reserved till July 20 its order on a discharge application moved by social activist Teesta Setalvad, who is accused of fabricating evidence to frame innocent people in 2002 riots cases.

Additional sessions judge Ambalal Patel reserved the order after arguments of both sides concluded.

Setalvad and two others -- former director general of police RB Sreekumar and ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt -- were arrested by the city crime branch in June last year on charges of forgery and fabricating false evidence with the intent to procure conviction for capital offence in connection with the 2002 riots cases.

Setalvad was later granted bail.

The Gujarat high court had on July 1 rejected Setalvad's bail plea and directed her to surrender immediately while observing that she made attempts to unsettle the then democratically-elected government and malign the image of then chief minister and current Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

But the Supreme Court passed an interim order protecting her from arrest in the case, and posted the matter for hearing on July 19.

As per the Special Investigation Team, constituted to probe the case, Setalvad was part of a larger conspiracy carried out at the behest of Congress leader late Ahmed Patel to destabilise the then Bharatiya Janata Party government led by chief minister Narendra Modi.

At Patel's behest, Setalvad received Rs 30 lakh after post-Godhra riots in 2002 that was used for the purpose, it alleged. -- PTI

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