Secretary to CM<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n-When inquiry officer of SIT examined Narendra Modi on 25 March 2010, Modi admitted that he had called a law and order meeting at his residence on 27 February 2002, after his return from Godhra where he had gone to inspect the Sabarmati carnage. Asked about who was present, Modi named the seven officers, apart from himself, listed above. Modi also said, \u201cSanjiv Bhatt, the then DC (Int.) did not attend, as this was a high level meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n
-Before the SIT, three of the senior officers present \u2014 \u201cpleaded loss of memory due to passage of time\u201d. (Page 16)<\/p>\n
-Four other officers \u2014 have categorically denied that the CM had instructed the police not to control Hindu mobs for a window of time. One officer, who is presently on deputation to the Central ministry of commerce, has denied attending this meeting at all.<\/p>\n
-Wrapping up his observation, the inquiry officer of SIT states: \u201cIt can be concluded that a law and order meeting was in fact held by Modi at his residence late in the evening of 27 February 2002. However, the allegation that the chief minister instructed the chief secretary, DGP and other senior officials to allow the Hindu community to vent their anger on the Muslims in the wake of Godhra incident is not established.\u201d<\/p>\n
-Senior IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt claims on his own that he was present at the meeting convened at the CM\u2019s residence. Sanjiv Bhatt, presently a deputy inspector general, was posted as a deputy commissioner of police in the State Intelligence Bureau at that time.<\/p>\n
-Sanjiv Bhatt told the SIT that it was DGP who had insisted on his presence at the meeting. According to Sanjiv Bhatt, since the state intelligence chief was away on leave, the DGP had wanted somebody from the intelligence department to be present to provide answers on the intelligence failure behind the Sabarmati carnage at Godhra and tackle any other intelligence related query that might have come up at the meeting.<\/p>\n
-Sanjiv Bhatt, however, refused to say more. He told the SIT that since the probe against Modi was merely at a preliminary stage, he would not like to speak up. However, if a criminal case was registered he would be duty bound to testify and tell the truth. (Given the purely exploratory nature of the SIT\u2019s mandate, as a serving officer, Sanjiv Bhatt\u2019s rationale was that speaking out at this stage would jeopardise his career without necessarily having any impact.)<\/p>\n
-Other seven officers at the meeting have denied to support Sanjiv Bhatt\u2019s claim that he was present in the meeting. While three officers have pleaded loss of memory, then DGP has categorically denied Sanjiv Bhatt\u2019s presence. Others too have not supported Sanjiv Bhatts\u2019s claim.<\/p>\n
-SIT has concluded on page 149 of his report, \u201cSince Sanjiv Bhatt\u2019s presence at the meeting is not proved his statement has to be ignored.\u201d<\/p>\n
-The SIT has stated that, \u201cSanjiv Bhatt is considered an unreliable witness, especially because no official, who is known to have definitely attended the meeting has spoken of his presence there. Also he was considered too junior to have been invited to such a high-level meeting.\u201d (Pages 3-4 of chairman\u2019s comments)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Conclusion<\/b><\/p>\n
That Sanjiv Bhatt, an IPS officer with record of fraud and misdemeanours in the past is lying is fairly obvious. That he is another decoy in the long list of attempts by Congress, Over-Zealous and self-proclaimed \u201cSeculars\u201d, and other UPA coalition partners is also clear and also expected.<\/p>\n
But what surprised me most was the coming out of the Indian Home Minister batting for a guy \u2013 without any inquiry or evidence or intelligence \u2013 and throwing accusations at Modi, simply because he is an opponent!<\/p>\n
There is always room in a democracy for competition and opposition. But it doesn\u2019t have to take such a color. Oh well, we have quite a guy posing as a Home Minister anyway!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>As if he was waiting for it, and happy that it came, India\u2019s Home Minister P. Chidambaram, in a show of brazen partisanship \u2013 welcomed the filing of the affidavit<\/a> in the Supreme Court by IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, where Bhatt accused Gujarat Chief Minister of being complicit in the killings of the Muslims.<\/p>\n