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'Teesta
Setalvad not worried about court probe'
Friday November 05, 2010 07:42:36 AM,
IANS
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Ahmedabad:
The Citizens for Justice and Peace, the Mumbai-based voluntary
organization fighting for the 2002 Gujarat riot victims, stated
Thursday that its secretary, Teesta Setalvad, was not worried
about any "investigation" as they had nothing to fear.
The CJP was reacting to the special trial court hearing the post-Godhra
Gulberg society massacre case directing the Special Investigation
Team (SIT) to probe Teesta for allegedly "tutoring" witnesses to
file false affidavits and file its report by Nov 18.
The judge, B.U. Joshi, issued the order after Setalvad's one-time
close associate, Raees Khan Pathan, filed an application in the
court Wednesday accusing her of master-minding a series of "false
affidavits" in various courts to "strengthen" the riot-related
cases and influence the higher courts to move the trials outside
Gujarat.
Reacting to this, the CJP vice-president, Nandan Maluste, and
other trustees said Thursday that the allegations made by Pathan
were baseless and motivated. He claimed that the former staff
member of the CJP was shunted out because of his unethical
practices.
He charged that Pathan was being used since September this year to
negate the efforts of the CJP to get justice for the 2002 riot
victims, same as had been done in the case of a star witness in
the Best Bakery case who was won over and 'misused' during the
retrial in the case in Mumbai in 2004 for the benefit of the
accused.
"The stakes of Gujarat state are high since it's chief minister,
Narendra Modi, is being investigated under the watchful eyes of
the Supreme Court not only for conspiracy for mass murder but also
for destruction of evidence," he added.
He charged that Teesta was being targeted by a section of the
media with motivated propaganda and malicious intent because the
criminal investigations against the chief minister, and other
state functionaries by the SIT is at a critical stage.
"These are intimidatory tactics to scare riot victims but we
remain committed to our struggle regardless.
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