Opposing the bail plea of social activist Teesta Setalvad and former IPS officer R.B. Sreekumar in forgery and fabrication of evidence related to the 2002 riots cases, the Special Public Prosecutor on Wednesday told the court that Ms. Setalvad had “instigated” Zakia Jafri, wife of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, to file a complaint against then Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others.
Special Public Prosecutor Mitesh Amin, appearing for the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Gujarat Police to probe Ms. Setalvad and other accused Mr. Sreekumar and Sanjiv Bhatt, reiterated the SIT claim that Teesta was part of the “larger conspiracy” to destabilise the State government using funds collected in the name of victims.
