The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has described the arrest of activist Teesta Setalvad and former police officer R.B. Sreekumar for following up a case against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged role in the Gujarat’s communal violence of 2002, as undemocratic. The Gujarat police arrested Mr. Sreekumar from Gandhinagar and Ms. Setalvad from Mumbai within a day of the Supreme Court dismissing a petition against a lower court’s refusal to file a case against Mr. Modi for his alleged role in the violence.
IUML national general secretary P.K. Kunhalikutty told mediapersons here on Sunday that the government was vindictively hunting down those who fought for the victims of the Gujarat riots. “It is sheer vendetta by the government. It cannot be brooked at any cost,” he said.
