A Sessions court in Ahmedabad on Thursday dismissed social activist Teesta Setalvad’s plea seeking discharge in a case related to alleged fabrication of evidence related to the 2002 Gujarat riots in which she and two former IPS officers are the key accused.
While rejecting the plea, Additional Sessions Judge A.R. Patel also asked the prosecution and defence to “open the case” (start trial proceedings) from July 24.
In its affidavit opposing her plea, the State government had stated that the accused cannot be discharged because she abused the trust of the victims of the riots by creating forged documents in their name and attempted to implicate innocent people using forged papers.
