Ex-minister fails to appear before Gujarat
riots panel
Monday September 05, 2011 05:25:06 PM,
IANS
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Gandhinagar: Former Gujarat minister and Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson I.K. Jadeja Monday failed to
appear before the Nanavati-Mehta judicial inquiry commission,
probing the 2002 Godhra train carnage and the subsequent communal
riots, and sought more time to do so.
Jadeja, who was the urban development minister when the riots
broke out, filed an application seeking more time to appear before
the panel. He did not cite any reason for his non-appearance
Monday.
He would be the second minister to be summoned by the panel for
questioning. The commission earlier questioned former state home
minister Gordhan Jhadapia but the proceedings were in-camera and
cross-examination was not permitted.
It is alleged that Jadeja and another former minister Ashok Bhatt
were present at the city police control room during the riots and
issued instructions to police.
On Aug 29, the commission quizzed Anil Mukim, the then additional
principal secretary to Chief Minister Narendra Modi, and K.
Nityanandam, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, in connection
with the deposition of suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt before
the panel.
The first part of the report submitted by the panel to Modi Sep
18, 2008 has already concluded that the incident was not an
accident and the coach was set on fire by a mob comprising of
Muslims. The panel also gave a clean chit to Modi.
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