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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Mahesh Langa, Sobhana K. Nair

Teesta Setalvad worked at the behest of Ahmed Patel to destabilise Gujarat govt: police

While opposing bail for social activist Teesta Setalvad and former IPS RB Sreekumar, Gujarat Police in an affidavit has claimed that Teesta was working at the behest of late Congress leader Ahmed Patel to “destabilise” the Gujarat government headed by the then CM Narendra Modi. 

Click here to read/download the copy of Gujarat Police’s affidavit

The police stated in the affidavit that Ms. Setalvad, who received money as well as Padma Shri award, RB Sreekumar and Sanjiv Bhatt were part “of the larger conspiracy” to destabilise and cause dismissal of the elected government by fabricating evidence to implicate top functionaries of the State with regard to the communal riots. 

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