Ahmedabad: A city sessions court dismissed the discharge application of Former DGP R.B. Sreekumar in relation to allegations of fabricating evidence in the 2002 riots case, including against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sreekumar claimed innocence and argued that he was wrongly implicated in Zakia Jafri's appeal against the SIT's closure report. He also raised concerns about the hasty filing of the FIR, which did not name anyone as per the Supreme Court order. The court ruled that the charge...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government on Monday opposed the discharge application of former Director General of Police (DGP) R. B. Sreekumar, who is accused of fabricating evidence in relation to the 2002 communal riots. During the court proceedings before Additional Sessions Judge DD Thakkar, the state government claimed that Sreekumar was part of a criminal conspiracy to create false evidence in order to secure capital punishment for innocent people in the aftermath of the Godhra riots. Activist...Read More