SC pulls up Gujarat government for probe against Setalvad
Gujarat government had earlier lodged an FIR against Teesta for digging mass graves from a graveyard.
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Supreme Court has castigated Gujarat government for initiating a probe against social activist Teesta Setalvad for alleged illegal exhumation of 2002 riot victims’ bodies.
"This is a hundred percent spurious case to victimise the petitioner (Setalvad)," said a bench of justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai yesterday.
Gujarat government had earlier lodged an FIR against Teesta for digging mass graves from a graveyard near river Panam in Panchmahal district of Gujarat.
Teesta then approached Supreme court asking that the FIR against her should be quashed.
While criticising the state government for beginning the probe against Setalvad, it added, "this type of case does no credit to the state of Gujarat in any way."
Besides this case, the Gujarat government has also lodged criminal proceedings against her in other riot-related cases.
The bench was of the view that it was not correct on the part of the Gujarat government to go ahead with the case.
It also said that the interim stay, imposed on July 29, 2011 on criminal proceedings against Setalvad in the case would continue till the next date of hearing on March 23.
Source: Times of India
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