Not Shielded Anybody In 2002 Riots: Probe Team Tells Supreme Court
NDTV
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) lawyer said that the investigation was carried out "very thoroughly and efficiently" on the complaint of Zakia Jafri.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) team probing 2002 Gujarat riots on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it was "not shielding anybody" and conducted the investigation "very thoroughly and efficiently" on the complaint of Zakia Jafri, who has alleged larger conspiracy in the incident.
The Special Investigation Team said a "very extensive inquiry" was conducted in which it examined 275 persons and there was no material to conclude that there was any larger conspiracy as alleged by Zakia Jafri.
Zakia Jafri, the wife of Congress leader Ehsan Jafri who was killed at Gulberg Society in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002, during the violence, has challenged the probe agency's clean chit to 64 people including Narendra Modi, the then Gujarat chief minister during the riots.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the probe agency, told a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar that it is "very unfair" to say that probe team did not do its job.
