Supreme Court orders SIT to probe role of Modi in Godhra riots

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and Asok Kumar Ganguly on Monday directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the role of 64 people, including that of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 8 Gujarat ministers in the post-Godhra riots cases. The court asked the SIT to submit the report within three months.

The apex court order was passed in response to a petition filed by widow of Congress parliamentarian Ehsaan Jaffery backed by secularist NGOs.

The five-member SIT team is headed by R. Raghavan, and includes former Deputy General of Police C.D. Satpathy and three Indian Police officers — Geetha Johri, Shivanand Jha and Ashish Bhatia.