Bhatt
went to Modi's house, says driver
Saturday April 23, 2011 06:44:35 PM,
IANS
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Ahmedabad: A day
after senior Gujarat Police officer Sanjiv Bhatt blamed Chief
Minister Narendra Modi for the 2002 communal carnage, citing his
comments at a meeting in the aftermath of the Feb 27, 2002 Godhra
train-burning incident, the officer's driver Saturday said Bhatt
had indeed gone to Modi's residence.
"We went first to the police station and after that Sir went in
the DG's (director-general's) car to the CM's (chief minister's)
house. I was asked to follow him. I was waiting inside the car. We
were at the CM's house for about 25 minutes, and then we went back
to the police station," Bhatt's driver Tarachand Yadav told a TV
channel.
"We stayed there for quite a long time, and then came back home
after midnight," said Yadav.
In his affidavit, filed before the apex court hearing the post-Godhra
Gujarat riot cases, Bhatt said that after the Godhra train burning
Chief Minister Modi at a meeting at his residence, in which he
(Bhatt) was present, said that "this time the situation warrants
that the Muslims be taught a lesson to ensure that such incidents
do not occur ever again".
Bhatt, who was a deputy commissioner of police in the state
intelligence bureau in 2002, said the top officials of the state
administration and police were told this in the course of the late
night meeting held at the chief minister's residence on Feb 27,
2002.
Bhatt in his affidavit said he had told the SIT that chief
minister Modi took the position even though he was cautioned that
bringing the bodies of the killed kar sevaks to Ahmedabad coupled
with a bandh call given by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
could spark communal riots and Gujarat Police were not adequately
equipped to deal with such a situation.
Bhatt said that Modi responded by saying that "the bandh call has
already been given and the party (BJP) has decided to support the
same, as incidents like burning of Kar Sevaks at Godhra can not be
tolerated".
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