By TCN News,
Mumbai: Farid Ahmed Khan, President of Mumbai-based human rights organization ‘Indians for Justice’, has shot a letter to Gujarat Governor Dr. Kamla Beniwal seeking her intervention to ensure immediate release of IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt and his as well as his family‘s safety.
In the letter, Mr. Khan termed Bhatt’s arrest as intimidation of an important witness in 2002 Gujarat riots and demanded dismissal of Chief Minister Narendra Modi so that he would not be able to suppress the voice of justice further.
“Mr. Sanjeev Bhatt, a senior IPS officer and a key witness in the Zakia Ahsan Jafri criminal complaint against Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 61 others accused in the unfortunate Gujarat riots, has been unjustly arrested. This is a clear case of direct intimidation of an important witness and this action of Gujarat Police under the direct instructions of Chief Minister Narendra Modi amounts to tampering with evidence and also an unjust attempt to tarnish the character and standing of an honest officer who chose to speak against abdication of responsibility by the so-called leaders of the masses” Mr. Khan writes.
“The fact cannot be ignored that Sanjeev Bhatt had challenged the FIR on the basis of which he was arrested through Writ Petition135/2011 in Supreme Court for which the Supreme Court had issued notice to the Gujarat Government on 29.7.2011. Thus, this seems to be like a hasty and desperate attempt by the Gujarat police which is overtly vindictive as the matter is still under consideration of the Apex Court and as such raises serious concerns of contempt of the highest court of the land” he further writes.
Mr Khan has demanded immediate release of Sanjeev Bhatt, his and his family’s safety, safeguard of whistle-blowers and dismissal/arrest of Narendra Modi so that he could not subvert justice further.