CNN-IBN
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ordered a probe into the alleged role of Gujarat Chief minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
The apex court has asked the Raghavan Committee to probe Modi’s role and submit its report in the next three months time.
SC has also asked the committee to probe the roles of a cabinet minister in the Modi government, three MLAs, three VHP activists and several IAS and IPS officers as well.
The decision came on a plea filed by the wife of slain ex-MP, Ehsan Jaffri and social activist Teesta Setalvad.
“It’s a huge victory because this is an indication of what we have been saying for almost six years now. We have been asking for an investigation and not presuming people are guilty like the opposite side does. The police had used Modi’s political clout to delay the probe, now the Supreme Court has renewed faith in the justice system by saying at least investigate it,” Teesta Setalvad told CNN-IBN.
(Submitted by Mukul Dube)