[Reader-list] Teesta Setalvad cooked up macabre tales on Gujarat Riots : SIT

[Syed Yunus]

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On 4/14/09, Inder Salim <indersalim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> may be Gujarat Riots never happened, may be media cooked the stories
> of people being killed mercilessly,
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul
> <kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
> > NGOs, Teesta spiced up Gujarat riot incidents: SITThe Times of India
> > 14 Apr 2009, 1213 hrs IST, Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN
> >
> >
> > NEW DELHI: The Special Investigation Team responsible for the arrests of
> > those accused in Gujarat
> > riots<
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/NGOs-spiced-up-Gujarat-riot-cases/articleshow/4396986.cms#
> >has
> > severely censured NGOs and social
> > activist Teesta Setalvad who campaigned for the riot victims.
> >
> > In a significant development, the SIT led by former CBI director R K
> > Raghavan told the Supreme
> > Court<
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/NGOs-spiced-up-Gujarat-riot-cases/articleshow/4396986.cms#
> >on
> > Monday that the celebrated rights activist cooked up macabre tales of
> > wanton killings.
> >
> > Many incidents of killings and violence were cooked up, false charges
> were
> > levelled against then police chief P C Pandey and false witnesses were
> > tutored to give evidence about imaginary incidents, the SIT said in a
> report
> > submitted before a Bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat, P Sathasivam
> > and Aftab Alam.
> >
> > The SIT said it had been alleged in the Gulbarg Society case that Pandey,
> > instead of taking measures to protect people facing the wrath of
> rioteers,
> > was helping the mob. The truth was that he was helping with
> hospitalisation
> > of riot victims and making arrangements for police bandobast, Gujarat
> > counsel, senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi, said quoting from the SIT report.
> >
> > Rohtagi also said that 22 witnesses, who had submitted identical
> > affidavits<
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/NGOs-spiced-up-Gujarat-riot-cases/articleshow/4396986.cms#
> >before
> > various courts relating to riot incidents, were questioned by the SIT
> > which found that they had been tutored and handed over the affidavits by
> > Setalvad and that they had not actually witnessed the riot incidents.
> >
> > The SIT also found no truth in the following incidents widely publicised
> by
> > the NGOs:
> >
> > * A pregnant Muslim woman Kausar Banu was gangraped by a mob, who then
> > gouged out the foetus with sharp weapons
> >
> > * Dumping of dead bodies into a well by rioteers at Naroda Patiya
> >
> > * Police botching up investigation into the killing of British nationals,
> > who were on a visit to Gujarat and unfortunately got caught in the riots
> >
> > Rohtagi said: "On a reading of the report, it is clear that horrendous
> > allegations made by the NGOs were false. Stereotyped affidavits were
> > supplied by a social activist and the allegations made in them were found
> > untrue."
> >
> > Obviously happy with the fresh findings of the SIT which was responsible
> for
> > the recent arrests of former Gujarat minister Maya Kodanani and VHP
> leader
> > Jaideep Patel, Rohtagi tried to spruce up the image of the Modi
> > administration, which was castigated in the Best Bakery case by the apex
> > court as "modern day Neros". He was swiftly told by the Bench that but
> for
> > the SIT, many more accused, who are freshly added, would not have been
> > brought to book<
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/NGOs-spiced-up-Gujarat-riot-cases/articleshow/4396986.cms#
> >.
> >
> >
> > The Bench said there was no room for allegations and counter-allegations
> at
> > this late stage. "In riot cases, the more the delay, there is likelihood
> of
> > falsity creeping in. So, there should be a designated court to fast track
> > the trials. Riot cases should be given priority because feelings run high
> > having a cascading effect," it said and asked for suggestions from the
> > Gujarat government, Centre, NGOs and amicus curiae Harish Salve, who said
> > the time had come for the apex court to lift the stay on trials into
> several
> > post-Godhra riot cases.
> >
> > While additional
> > solicitor<
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/NGOs-spiced-up-Gujarat-riot-cases/articleshow/4396986.cms#
> >general
> > Gopal Subramaniam agreed with the court that public prosecutors
> > should be selected in consultation with Raghavan, counsel Indira Jaising
> > said there should be a complete regime for protection of witnesses as the
> > same government, which was accused of engineering the riots, was in power
> > now.
> >
> > Salve said that he would consult Raghavan and let the court know about a
> > witness protection system for post-Godhra riot cases. The court asked the
> > parties to submit their suggestions within a week.
> >
> > dhananjay.mahapatra at timesgroup.com
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