Activist Teesta Setalvad Detained A Day After Court Ruling On 2002 Riots
Teesta Setlavad was a co-petitioner in the case that was dismissed by the Supreme Court a day ago that challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi's exoneration in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Mumbai:
Activist Teesta Setalvad was taken into custody by the Gujarat Police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad from Mumbai on Saturday, news agency ANI reported, a day after the Supreme Court lashed out at those who had “kept the pot boiling” on the 2002 Gujarat riots.
A complaint filed by the Gujarat Police this morning against her cited the strongly-worded Supreme Court judgment that included allusions to Ms Setalvad’s NGO which has worked extensively with the victims of the riots.
Ms Setlavad was a co-petitioner in the case that was dismissed by the Supreme Court on Friday that challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s exoneration. Zakia Jafri, wife of Congress MP Ehsan Jafri who was killed in the riots, was the main petitioner.
Upholding the clearance to PM Modi, then Chief Minister of the Gujarat, by a court-appointed Special Investigation Team or SIT, the Supreme Court said the case was “devoid of merits” and was filed “obviously, for ulterior design”.
