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Godhra evidences ignored: Ex-DGP

'None of the evidences provided by me has been considered by SIT for reasons known to it,' former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar said at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram.

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Former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar alleged on Monday that the special investigation team (SIT), which reportedly gave a clean chit to chief minister Narendra Modi in post-Godhra riot cases, did not consider “evidences” provided by him. Sreekumar indicated he might approach the Supreme Court (SC).

“None of the evidences provided by me has been considered by SIT for reasons known to it,” he said at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram.

Reacting to reports that the SC-appointed SIT, headed by former CBI director RK Raghavan, found no proof of Modi’s complicity in the 2002 violence, the then state intelligence chief said the leaked information was “credible”.

Sreekumar, who had submitted six affidavits to the panel in connection with the riot cases, alleged SIT functioned as a “B” team of Gujarat police.

He said 35 pages of “evidences” on what happened during the riots in 2002 were submitted to SIT, which chose to ignore the same.

Alleging that SIT did not follow the procedures, the former Gujarat DGP said he was consulting lawyers on the possibility of approaching the Supreme Court on the matter.

SIT had submitted its report to the apex court on allegations levelled by the wife of former Congress MP Zakia Jaffrey that Modi and his confidants aided and abetted the post-Godhra carnage in which her husband was killed.

Replying to a question, Sreekumar said it was not proper to discredit the NGO run by social activist Teesta Setalvad fighting for the riot victims.

Referring to WikiLeaks’ recent expose that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had planned to assassinate Modi, he said, “Modi is a threatened person.”

The threat of LeT was very much there, Sreekumar, who had held various positions in Gujarat police, said.

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