Basis to prosecute Modi for Gujarat riots: SC amicus

DELHI:-

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged instructions to his officials to allow Hindus to vent their anger after the Godhra attack may not amount to conspiracy to murder but could form the basis of prosecution under various Sections including 153 A, 153 B, 505 and 166 of the IPC.

These deal with statements promoting enmity between communities, imputations and assertions prejudicial to national integration, statements conducing to public mischief, and public servant disobeying a direction of the law with the intent to cause injury.

This is said to be among the key conclusions of the report prepared by Supreme Court amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran on the circumstances around the key events of the Gujarat riots in February-March 2002.

The report is also said to have underlined that there is enough reason to further examine the claims of IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt about that meeting with Modi on February 27, 2002, and the presence of two ministers in the control room during the post-Godhra riots.