Gujarat ministers declared absconders
3 Feb 2009, 0323 hrs IST, TNN
AHMEDABAD: Minister of state for women and child development and higher education, Maya Kodnani, and a senior VHP functionary Jaideep Patel on
Monday filed for anticipatory bail before the city sessions court after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Supreme Court to probe the 2002 riots, sought to arrest them.
Kodnani, who is also a practising ophthalmologist, has filed two bail pleas — for the Naroda Gaam and Naroda Patia cases in which all 95 persons were killed after the Godhra carnage. Patel has filed for bail only in the Naroda Gaam case. Both the leaders had been evading arrest for the last one week, said investigating officer of SIT, PL Mall.
The SIT recorded Kodnani and Patel’s statements in December but they were found to contradict statements of witnesses. Kodnani and Patel had claimed they were not present in Naroda when the riots were on and the allegations against them were politically motivated. Read it all
Monday, February 2, 2009
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