Ahmedabad: Hours after scaling down the security cover for Gujarat Police DIG Sanjiv Bhatt's security, the Gujarat government defended its decision by pointing to the threat assessment report. Gujarat police has claimed that the report does not recommend any police protection for the IPS officer. But another threat assessment report, dated March 30, 2011 and prepared by the Ahmedabad police, clearly mentioned WHY BHATT AND HIS FAMILY NEEDS TO BE ...
11:59 PM, Apr 30, 2011
The Gujarat government on Friday scaled down senior policeman Sanjiv Bhatt's security. ...
10:22 PM, Apr 29, 2011
New Delhi: Sanjeev Bhatt, the Gujarat IPS officer, has caught in a raging storm over his Supreme Court affidavit claiming that Chief Minister Narendra Modi had given instructions on February 27, 2002 that Hindus be allowed to vent their anger after the Godhra train burning. It's a claim, which the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is investigating the Gujarat riots appears to have disregarded. CNN-IBN has learnt that the SIT, ...
09:35 PM, Apr 26, 2011
Gandhinagar: Sanjiv Bhatt has reignited the debate surrounding the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat with his sworn affidavit before the Supreme Court alleging Narendra Modi ordered the state administration to go slow on the rioters post the Godhra incident. Tarachand Chand Yadav, the driver who claims to have driven Sanjiv Bhatt to the chief minister's residence on the evening of February 27, 2002 is backing this testimony. Tarachand Yadav said, "I ...
07:37 PM, Apr 23, 2011
New Delhi: Former Gujarat director general of police K Chakravarti claims that Sanjiv Bhatt was not present at the February 27, 2002 meeting at the residence of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. "Sanjiv Bhatt was not present at the meeting. I have already deposed before the Nanavati commission and the SIT. I have nothing more to add. The court will be considering various affidavits and will come to a conclusion ...
01:29 PM, Apr 23, 2011
Ahmedabad: A day after senior Gujarat police officer Sanjiv Bhatt implicated Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the post-Godhra riots, his driver Tarachand Yadav has confirmed that on February 27, 2002, Bhatt attended a meeting at the Chief Minister's residence. In his affidavit, Bhatt, an Indian Police Service officer of the 1988 batch, has alleged that Narendra Modi, in the February 27, 2002 meeting, categorically issued instructions that Hindus should be ...
08:39 AM, Apr 23, 2011
On Talking Point, CNN-IBN asks, 'Will the truth of Gujarat 2002 ever come out?' ...
10:16 PM, Apr 22, 2011
New Delhi: Nine years after the Gujarat riots there's one more blow to Narendra Modi - this time from Gujarat IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt, whose allegations are embarrassing for Modi and the Special Investigating Team probing the Gujarat riot cases. In an 18 page affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, Bhatt who was then SP intelligence, alleges that he attended a meeting called by Modi on Feburary 27 2002 after ...
08:09 PM, Apr 22, 2011
New Delhi: Nine years after the Gujarat riots there's one more blow to Narendra Modi - this time from Gujarat IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt, whose allegations are embarrassing for Modi and the Special Investigating Team probing the Gujarat riot cases. In an 18 page affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, Bhatt who was then SP intelligence, alleges that he attended a meeting called by Modi on Feburary 27 2002 after ...
08:09 PM, Apr 22, 2011
Ahemdabad: The affidavit submitted by the 1988 batch Indian Police Service Officer of Gujarat cadre, Sanjiv Bhatt, before the Supreme Court in connection with the 2002 riots brings back into focus the controversial meeting held on the February 27, 2002 chaired by the Chief Minister Narendra Modi. While the meeting did take place, what was said or not said by the chief minister has often been surrounded in controversy. So ...
07:43 PM, Apr 22, 2011
Ahemdabad: The affidavit submitted by the 1988 batch Indian Police Service Officer of Gujarat cadre, Sanjiv Bhatt, before the Supreme Court in connection with the 2002 riots brings back into focus the controversial meeting held on the February 27, 2002 chaired by the Chief Minister Narendra Modi. While the meeting did take place, what was said or not said by the chief minister has often been surrounded in controversy. So ...
07:43 PM, Apr 22, 2011
Ahemdabad: Former Gujarat Director General of Police RB Sreekumar, who had waged a lonely battle against Chief Minister Narendra Modi's government since the 2002 post-Godhra riots, has said that he welcomes the affidavit by Sanjiv Bhatt which implicates Modi in the riots. Indian Police Service officer of the 1988 batch, Sanjiv Bhatt, has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court and has alleged that Narendra Modi categorically issued instructions that ...
05:04 PM, Apr 22, 2011
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had defended Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riot cases saying a police officer's affidavit is not the truth. Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said that the judiciary is already looking into the riot cases. "In an affidavit filed by a police officer there is no presumption that it is truthful. Let the judicial mechanism look into it," Jaitley said in ...
04:38 PM, Apr 22, 2011
Teesta Setalvad, the Secretary of Citizens for Justice and Peace, welcomed IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's affidavit on the 2002 Gujarat riots. Bhatt's affidavit filed before the Supreme Court has implicated Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riot cases. ...
03:27 PM, Apr 22, 2011
New Delhi: Senior Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt, whose affidavit has implicated Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riot cases, says he has never backed down from the truth, but he fears for his family's safety. "I have said what I had to in Supreme Court. It would be inappropriate for me to say anything more as I am a serving officer," Bhatt told CNN-IBN. "I filed ...
03:14 PM, Apr 22, 2011
New Delhi: A senior Gujarat police officer has implicated Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the post-Godhra riots. Indian Police Service officer of the 1988 batch, Sanjiv Bhatt, in the affidavit filed before the Supreme Court has alleged that Narendra Modi categorically issued instructions that Hindus should be allowed to express their anger and Muslims should be taught a befitting lesson so that incidents like the burning of Sabarmati Express never ...
01:39 PM, Apr 22, 2011
New Delhi: A senior Gujarat police officer has implicated Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the post-Godhra riots. Indian Police Service officer of the 1988 batch, Sanjiv Bhatt, in the affidavit filed before the Supreme Court has alleged that Narendra Modi categorically issued instructions that Hindus should be allowed to express their anger and Muslims should be taught a befitting lesson so that incidents like the burning of Sabarmati Express never ...
01:39 PM, Apr 22, 2011
New York: A US court has issued summons to the Congress party to answer charges of conspiring, aiding, abbetting and carrying out attacks on Sikhs in 1984 following the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi. The petitioners say the carnage was not a riot but a genocide. The organisation - Sikhs For Justice - has alleged that the Congress carried out organised attacks on Sikhs in 1984. Reports ...
11:13 AM, Mar 02, 2011
Former Supreme Court judge UC Banerjee speaks about the conspiracy theory behind Godhra. ...
12:04 AM, Feb 23, 2011
BJP says it's stand that it was a pre-planned conspiracy has been vindicated. ...
11:23 PM, Feb 22, 2011
