The Supreme Court, while upholding the clean chit given by an SIT to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and 63 others in the 2002 riots cases, has noted the statement of TV anchor Sudhir Chaudhary about his purported interview with Mr. Modi.
Mr. Chaudhary, who is the Zee News Editor-in-Chief, was summoned by the apex court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) and was specifically asked about the contents of a news report in which the then chief minister had allegedly referred to Newton's law that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
A bench headed by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar in his 452-page judgement noted, "Sudhir Chaudhary has stated that he attended a press conference held by Narendra Modi on March 1, 2002, at a Circuit House on the outskirts of Gandhinagar. He has further stated that Narendra Modi was known to him and that he had interviewed him earlier several times in Delhi.
