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The Gujarat crime Modi referred to CBI: `malicious, misleading` e-mail: Indian Express
Chief Minister Narendra Modi did not think it necessary to let CBI probe the darkest moments in Gujarat`s orgy of death. But the contents of an unauthenticated internet report, attributed to two Godhra scribes, left Modi so upset that he promptly approached the Centre with a request for a CBI investigation under new cyber laws. It is another matter though that the CBI saw no merit in the case.
Chief Minister Narendra Modi did not think it necessary to let CBI probe the darkest moments in Gujarat’s orgy of death. But the contents of an unauthenticated internet report, attributed to two Godhra scribes, left Modi so upset that he promptly approached the Centre with a request for a CBI investigation under new cyber laws. It is another matter though that the CBI saw no merit in the case.
It all began when someone posted on the internet an e-mail report — its supposed authors have denied putting out any such story — under the headline ‘What triggered the Orgy of Death in Gujarat!! A hard fact.’ The provocative story was attributed to two freelancers based in Godhra, Anil Soni and Neelam Soni.
Outraged by its contents, Modi filed a written complaint with Home Minister L K Advani when he came visiting New Delhi in March. A senior Home Ministry official said that Modi, in a signed letter to Advani, stated that ‘‘there is a deliberate attempt to malign the image of the state government’’ by circulating such a report. Calling it a a cyber crime, Modi asked Advani for ‘‘appropriate action to avoid recurrence of such misleading and objectionable messages through the internet media.’’ It fell on Joint Secretary (Centre-State) R K Singh to forward Modi’s complaint to the CBI on March 28. But two months later, the MHA has been told there is no case.
It all began when someone posted on the internet an e-mail report — its supposed authors have denied putting out any such story — under the headline ‘What triggered the Orgy of Death in Gujarat!! A hard fact.’ The provocative story was attributed to two freelancers based in Godhra, Anil Soni and Neelam Soni.
Outraged by its contents, Modi filed a written complaint with Home Minister L K Advani when he came visiting New Delhi in March. A senior Home Ministry official said that Modi, in a signed letter to Advani, stated that ‘‘there is a deliberate attempt to malign the image of the state government’’ by circulating such a report. Calling it a a cyber crime, Modi asked Advani for ‘‘appropriate action to avoid recurrence of such misleading and objectionable messages through the internet media.’’ It fell on Joint Secretary (Centre-State) R K Singh to forward Modi’s complaint to the CBI on March 28. But two months later, the MHA has been told there is no case.