Mr Modi, there’s a Supreme Court

The post-Godhra communal riots in Gujarat are back to haunt Narendra Modi Government with the Supreme Court on Tuesday deciding to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the major cases.

A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat, P Sathasivam and Aftab Alam said that the 5-member SIT will comprise former CBI director RK Raghavan, former UP DGP CB Satpathy and three senior police officers from Gujarat — Geeta Johri, Shivanand Jha and Ashish Bhatia.

The formal order for constitution of SIT will be passed on Wednesday, court said after hearing the pleas of senior counsel Harish Salve who is assisting the court as amicus curiae in the matter and Gujarat government counsel Mukul Rohatgi.

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Source: ET

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