Human rights activists have written to the chief justice of India (CJI) expressing concern over reports that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) was all set to file a closure report in the Jakia Jafri case.
This was announced on Monday at a press conference organised in Ahmedabad by the Prabhudan Nagrik Manch and PUCL, Gujarat. In the letter (copies of which have been sent to media persons), the activist states that despite voluminous evidence and amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran's reported recommendation to "prosecute the chief minister and his collaborators (politicians and policemen) for the anti-minority carnage of 2002", the SIT is planning to file a closure report. "The failure of the SIT to identify the perpetrators in the face of clinching evidence will send a dangerous signal…and signal the end of hope," the letter states.
Speakers alleged that critical evidence, including phone call records and police control room records, all pointed to the complicity of senior officials and politicians of the state in the riots of 2002.
"It has been alleged that the SIT has not taken into consideration these evidences. We want to bring this to the notice of the courts," activist Cedric Prakash told DNA.
President, Gujarat Lok Samiti, Chinubhai Vaidhya, also said that the SIT has failed to give justice to the victims of the 2002 riots. The letter has been signed by prominent people including Chunibhai Vaidhya; Suresh Mehta; Illaben Pathak among others.
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