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Tue, 10/04/2011 - 13:12
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Indian Americans decry arrest of Sanjiv Bhat

Washington, Oct 4 (PTI) Condemning the arrest of western
Indian state Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt,
Indian-Aemricans have demanded the Indian government to
conduct a full-scale investigation into the allegations made
by him.
"The government's alacrity in arresting Bhatt, stands in
stark contrast to its criminal inaction against police
officers who have been charged with complicity in the riots,"
said Shaheen Khateeb, President of Indian American Muslim
Council (IAMC) in a statement.
IAMC said the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation)
should be tasked with conducting a full-scale investigation
into the allegations made by Bhatt against the Gujarat Chief
Minister, Narendra Modi, and other state functionaries.
"As the Haren Pandya murder case remains unsolved,
Bhatt's claim of possessing documentary evidence that would
point to his killers, should be probed without any regard to
the status and position of the people he has implicated," IAMC
said.
Another NRI group, Non Resident Indians for Secular and
Harmonious India (NRI-SAHI) strongly condemned the Gujarat
government for arresting Bhatt, who gave affidavits and
presented information on the actions of the Gujarat Government
and its police on February 27, 2002 for the control of riots.
"We the NRI-SAHI ask the Gujarat government to remove all
charges against Bhatt and release him immediately. We ask the
Gujarat government to let the judicial process started by the
Supreme Court to take its course," it said.
"We ask the state government to stop intimidating police
and civilian witnesses such as has happened with constable
Panth who has recanted his testimony he gave in front of the
SIT and Amicus Curiae," NRI-SAHI said in a statement. PTI LKJ
MNS


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