Activist Teesta Setalvad detained day after SC upholds SIT clean chit to PM Modi

Teesta Setalvad's NGO had supported Zakia Jafri throughout her legal battle

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Ahmedabad: Activist Teesta Setalvad was on Saturday detained by the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) from Mumbai in connection with an FIR registered against her at the Ahmedabad city crime branch, PTI reported quoting sources. "Teesta Setalvad has been picked up by the Gujarat ATS from Mumbai in connection with an FIR registered by the Ahmedabad crime branch," a source in the Gujarat ATS said. This came just a day after the Supreme Court had dismissed a petition challenging the clean chit given by the SIT to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and others in the 2002 post-Godhra riots cases. Narendra Modi is now the Prime Minister of India and is serving his second term as PM currently.

According to PTI, Setalvad was picked up by the Gujarat Police from her Santacruz residence. The Mumbai police has cooperated fully in the proceedings, said a Mumbai police official.

Setalvad's arrest is in connection to her NGO, which had supported Zakia Jafri throughout her legal battle. Jafri's husband Ehsan Jafri, who was a Congress leader, was killed during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Clean chit to PM Modi in Gujarat riots case

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the clean chit given to then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in the Gujarat riots of 2022. The court’s verdict highlighted that the state government made all the efforts to control the Gujarat riots and took the right decisions at the right time.

The SIT, appointed by the apex court, conducted the investigation into the case and gave a clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, and other top politicians and bureaucrats.

The Gujarat High Court`s order dated October 5, 2017, also upheld SIT`s clean chit to Modi.

Home Minister Amit Shah also said the Gujarat government gave its consent for the SIT as there was nothing to hide.

 (With inputs from PTI and ANI)