Sanjeev Bhatt, Cop Who Blamed Modi for Gujarat 2002, Sentenced to Life in 30 years Old Case
June 20, 2019	| By Sikh Siyasat Bureau
New Delhi: Sacked Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who took on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Gujarat genocide, was sentenced to life imprisonment today in a 30-year-old case of custodial death. The sentence by the Jamnagar court comes a week after the Supreme Court denied Sanjeev Bhatt's petition to examine additional witnesses.
Sanjiv Bhatt is currently in custody for an alleged drug planting case from 1996 after the top court declined to interfere with a Gujarat High Court order refusing bail.
The custodial death case for which Sanjeev Bhatt has been sentenced dates back to 1989 when he was posted as the Additional Superintendent of Police in Jamnagar district. He had detained approximately 150 people during a communal riot and one of those arrested, Prabhudas Vaishnani, died in hospital after his release.
Sanjeev Bhatt [File Photo]
Prabhudas Vaishnani's brother complained to the police naming Sanjiv Bhatt and six other policemen, accusing them of torturing him while in detention.
Sanjeev Bhatt had several run-ins with the BJP government in the past over the 2002 post-Godhra muslim genocide in Gujarat. The Indian Police Service officer had alleged that Narendra Modi, then Chief Minister of Gujarat, was complicit in the Muslim genocide of 2002.
His claims were rejected by the Special Investigation Team appointed by the Supreme Court to probe nine cases related to 2002 Muslim genocide.
Last year, he was arrested by the CBI in connection with a 23-year-old case of allegedly planting drugs.
Part of his house — which was allegedly illegal construction — was razed by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation after the Supreme Court dismissed his plea seeking a stay on the demolition.
Related Topics: Gurjrat Carnage 2002, Indian Politics, Indian State, Narendra Modi, Sanjeev Bhatt
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