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DAMNING REPORT: SC asks Maharashtra govt as to why Srikrishna Report wasn't taken seriously.

DAMNING REPORT: SC asks Maharashtra govt as to why Srikrishna Report wasn


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    Mumbai: While many have been sentenced in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, a Shiv Sena MP who was carrying arms during the Mumbai riots of 1992-1993 was let off because of his political clout.

    Former Mumbai police commissioner MN Singh confirmed and confessed to this on CNN-IBN's special show Mumbai Verdict.

    Singh also admitted that the decision to let off Shiv Sena's Madhukar Sarpotdar was not taken by the police but at a higher level.

    Here’s an excerpt from the chat with CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai.

    Rajdeep Sardesai: You did not show the same zeal with the Mumbai riots case as you did with the Mumbai blast case.

    MN Singh: Let me tell you that I am not known for leaving the crooks and culprits.

    Rajdeep Sardesai: Tell us the truth then.

    MN Singh: You need to ask the people who left him. In Sarpotdar's case it was not the police, which dropped the case.

    Rajdeep Sardesai: Who dropped it then?

    MN Singh: I think it was at a decision taken at a different level not by the police.

    Mahesh Bhatt: The nation Needs to hear that. A man of credibility, he has just said on air. Sanjay goes to jail, still rotting in Jail but Sarpotdar, who is caught with ammunition, nothing happens to him.

    The exchange has confirmed the widespread belief that Sarpotdar detained under the National Security Act in 1993 was let off and not charged under TADA because of his political clout.

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