: Teesta Setalvad conspired to destabilise Gujarat government after 2002 riots, allege police #IndiaNEWS Activist Teesta Setalvad was part of a conspiracy to destabilise the state government after the

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Teesta Setalvad conspired to destabilise Gujarat government after 2002 riots, allege police #IndiaNEWS
Activist Teesta Setalvad was part of a conspiracy to destabilise the state government after the 2002 Gujarat riots, the police have alleged in an affidavit filed on Friday to oppose her bail petition in an Ahmedabad court. The conspiracy had been planned at the behest of former Congress MP Ahmed Patel, the police claimed. In the aftermath of the riots, Setalvad had founded the organisation Citizens for Justice and Peace to help riot victims get justice. The organisation assisted the victims in filing cases, arranged funds to pursue the matters in courts and offered protection to witnesses. Setalvad was arrested on June 26 for allegedly committing forgery and fabricating evidence in a case related to the Gujarat riots. Former Gujarat Director General of Police RB Sreekumar and suspended Indian Police Services officer Sanjiv Bhatt have also been arrested in the case.A bail plea filed by Setalvad was scheduled to be heard in an Ahmedabad sessions court on Friday. However, the prosecution was late in filing its affidavit challenging the plea. The matter will now be heard on July 18.In its affidavit, the prosecution has alleged that Setalvad “obtained illegal financial and other benefits and rewards from the rival political party [Congress]� to falsely implicate Gujarat officials,...Read more

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