The Gujarat anti-terrorist squad on Saturday detained activist Teesta Setalvad on the Santa Cruz police station after choosing her up from her Mumbai residence. Setalvad’s lawyer Vijay Hiremath, whereas claiming that the police stormed into her home and assaulted her, advised The Indian Express, “We were not informed. They barged into (her house), they assaulted her and they’ve taken her.” He additional advised IE that the activist was charged below sections 468 (Forgery for objective of dishonest) and 471 (Using as real a cast) of the IPC.
The Gujarat ATS transfer to detain Setalvad comes moments after Amit Shah, whereas chatting with information company ANI, accused Setalvad of giving “baseless information about the riots to the police.”
“I have read the judgement very carefully. The judgement clearly mentions the name of Teesta Setalvad. The NGO that was being run by her – I don’t remember the name of the NGO- had given baseless information about the riots to the police,” Mr Shah mentioned.
This improvement comes a day after the highest courtroom “dismissed” the plea of Zakia Jafri, spouse of late Congress MP Ehsan Jafri who was hacked to loss of life within the 2002 Gujarat riots, whereas upholding the SIT probe on Narendra Modi and calling the attraction “devoid of merits.” Setalvad was a co-petitioner within the case that was rejected by the highest courtroom on Friday.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”