Sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt gets 20-year jail in two-decades-old case Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt sentenced to 20 years in jail for planting drugs to frame a lawyer. The Hindu · Mar 28, 2024
Morning Digest | Two killed after anti-CAA meeting in Meghalaya; Records go for a six as SRH outshines MI in run fest, and more The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on March 28, 2024. The Hindu · Mar 28, 2024
Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt convicted in false drug seizure case A court in Gujarat convicted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a drugs seizure case dating back to 1996. The Hindu · Mar 27, 2024
Gujarat: Former IPS Sanjiv Bhatt convicted after 28 years in Drug Peddling case On Wednesday, the 27th of March, the disgraced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt was convicted in the 1996 Drug Planting case of Palanpur under NDPS. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Mar 27, 2024
Battle for Sanjiv Bhatt will continue, says wife Shweta Bhatt The battle for the release of former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt continues until justice is served to all wrongfully confined. The Hindu · Feb 4, 2024
Arms, not democratic values, on parade as Macron hosts India’s Modi on Bastille Day French President Emmanuel Macron rolls out the red carpet for Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Indian leader picked as guest of honour at this year’s July 14 Bastille Day military parade. But critics warn that by overlooking rights violations and democratic backsliding under Modi’s reign, France is sending the… France 24 · Jul 13, 2023
Former police official’s discharge plea in case linked to 2002 riots rejected In a setback to former IPS officer R. B. Srikumar, a local court in Ahmedabad on June 19 rejected his plea seeking discharge in a case registered against him for fabricating evidence linked to the 2002 Gujarat riots. The Hindu · Jun 19, 2023
Australian MPs to mark Modi visit by screening critical BBC documentary in Parliament House Australia’s parliament will hold a special screening of a BBC documentary critical of Narendra Modi a day after the prime minister addressed a mass gathering of the country’s Indian diaspora in Sydney. The Independent UK · May 23, 2023
Explained | Why do judges recuse themselves and how? A look at recent judicial recusals What governs the recusal of judges in India? We explore. The Hindu · May 22, 2023
Will not rest till I bring Sanjiv home: Shweta Bhatt Shweta Bhatt, wife of jailed Gujarat cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, has said she will not rest till she brings her husband home The Hindu · May 20, 2023
Supreme Court refuses Sanjiv Bhatt’s plea to submit additional evidence in custodial death case he Supreme Court on May 10 declined a plea by sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking the recusal of Justice M.R. Shah from hearing his petition to submit additional evidence to support his appeal in the Gujarat High Court against his conviction in a 1990 custodial death case. The Hindu · May 10, 2023
Teesta, Sreekumar and Bhat conspired to create false cases against Modi, BJP leaders, Gujarat Police say in chargesheet The accused made an attempt to seek “capital punishment” by implicating the leaders in cases related to the 2002 riots The Hindu · Sep 21, 2022
2002 Gujarat riots: SC to hear bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad on August 22 Ms. Setalvad and former DGP R.B. Sreekumar, both arrested in June, are accused of fabricating evidence to frame ‘innocent people’ in the post-Godhra riots cases The Hindu · Aug 16, 2022
Teesta Setalvad worked to destabilise an elected government, say Gujarat Police No such evidence exists, says Ms. Setalvad during bail hearing The Hindu · Jul 22, 2022
The Hindu · Jul 16, 2022 Teesta Setalvad worked at the behest of Ahmed Patel to destabilise Gujarat govt: police ‘There was conspiracy to malign the image of Gujarat,’ the police affadiavit says; Congress refutes charges.
The Times of India · Jul 15, 2022 Gujarat riots: Plot to frame Narendra Modi hatched at behest of Ahmed Patel, SIT tells court AHMEDABAD: The special investigation team (SIT) probing the case of fabrication of evidence for the purported 2002 Gujarat riots conspiracy told a city sessions court on Friday that social activist Teesta Setalvad, former DGP R B Sreekumar and former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt had carried out the larger conspiracy with…
The Times of India · Jul 15, 2022 Plot to frame PM Narendra Modi hatched at behest of Ahmed Patel: SIT AHMEDABAD: The special investigation team (SIT) probing the case of fabrication of evidence for the purported 2002 Gujarat riots conspiracy told a city sessions court on Friday that social activist Teesta Setalvad, former DGP R B Sreekumar and former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt had carried out the larger conspiracy with…
The Hindu · Jul 14, 2022 Morning Digest | Rishi Sunak tops first round of Tory race for next U.K. PM; India has achieved clean energy targets before deadline, says Power Minister, and more A select list of stories to read before you start your day
The Hindu · Jul 13, 2022 Gujarat riots forgery case: dismissed IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt remanded in police custody till July 20 Case relates to alleged evidence fabrication to implicate Modi, others
The Times of India · Jul 13, 2022 2002 Gujarat riots: Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt sent to police remand till July 20 AHMEDABAD: Additional chief metropolitan magistrate, M V Chauhan, on Wednesday remanded former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to custodial interrogation till July 20 in connection with the FIR lodged by the city crime branch on charges of fabricating evidence of conspiracy behind the 2002 riots.
The Hindu · Jul 13, 2022 Morning Digest | Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees country; 75 kg of heroin seized near Mundra port in Gujarat, and more A select list of stories to read before you start your day
The Hindu · Jul 12, 2022 SIT arrests Sanjiv Bhatt in Gujarat riots forgery case This is the third arrest after Teesta Setalvad and former IPS officer Sreekumar
The Times of India · Jul 12, 2022 2002 Gujarat riots: Sanjiv Bhatt arrested in evidence fabrication case AHMEDABAD: The special investigation team (SIT) on Tuesday arrested former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in connection with an FIR accusing him along with social activity Teesta Setalvad and former DGP R B Sreekumar for allegedly fabricating evidence of conspiracy behind the 2002 Gujarat riots to falsely implicate certain persons including…
The Hindu · Jul 2, 2022 Teesta Setalvad, Sreekumar remanded in judicial custody Police did not seek further remand, says public prosecutor
The Hindu · Jun 29, 2022 Teest Setalvad arrest | UN Human Rights chief’s comment unwarranted, says India The remarks constitute an interference in India’s independent judicial system, says MEA