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Former Gujarat top cop Sanjiv Bhat sentenced to life in custodial death case

  •   Thu, Jun 20 2019 02:35:20 PM

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Jamnagar (Gujarat), Jun 20: A Gujarat court on Thursday, June 20, sentenced sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to life imprisonment in a three-decade old custodial death case of a 30-year-old man.

The aforementioned case happened in 1990. Bhatt arrested 133 people on charges of rioting in the backdrop of BJP leader LK Advani’s Rath Yatra in Jamnagar. Prabhudas Vaishnani, one of the arrested men, was thrashed in custody who later succumbed to his injuries.

The court has not yet revealed the quantum of sentence given for six other policemen convicted in the case.

Bhatt was suspended in 2011 on charges of remaining absent from duty without permission and misuse of official vehicles and was later arrested in August 2015. Bhatt has been in news for all the wrong reasons and was also been in trial in a drugs related case. He was in spotlight for testifying against the then chief minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
  

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  • Imtiaz Ahmed, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 21 2019

    Sanjiv Bhat will get justice one day. Falsehood is bound to perish one day.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Fri, Jun 21 2019

    IPS goes to Jail & Terrorist becomes Law Maker - Jai Ho Modi ...

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  • Mohammed, Muscat / mangalore

    Fri, Jun 21 2019

    Hinduism in danger. Hindus are not safe in india

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  • Clifford, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    Now a days one has to be terrorist to be MP and to get elected. Honest people go to prison. People who had been sentenced for murder are set free from prison on health grounds.

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  • SmR, Karkala

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    Sanjiv Bhatt earned the ire of the then chief minister Narendra Modi when he testified against the latter for his alleged role in the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom.

    As ASP in Jamnagar, Bhatt detained over 100 persons to contain a communal conflagration during L.K. Advani’s infamous Rath Yatra in Nov 1990. One Prabhudas Vaishnani later died in a hospital

    Bhatt claimed that at this meeting Modi allegedly instructed top police officials to allow Hindu mobs to vent their anger on Muslims in wake of the Godhra train burning incident. He also claimed that Modi paid no heed to concerns about allowing the bodies of the victims to be carried in processions lest it lead to inciting communal violence.

    Bhatt was serving at the time as the Deputy Commissioner in the State Intelligence Bureau. Bhatt claims he was asked to attend the meeting by the state Control Room because his immediate superior GC Raigar, who was the Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence) was on leave that day.
    In another hand, Gujarat IPS officer G L Singhal, key accused in Ishrat Jahan case gets promoted. He was granted default bail after the central probe agency didn't file charge sheet in the stipulated time.
    In another case, Gujarat cadre IPS officer RS Bhagora, convicted in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case, was dismissed from service by the Union Home Ministry on May 30, a day before his retirement. IPS officer Y C Modi, who was part of the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation team that probed the 2002 Gujarat riots as additional Director of the CBI. YC Modi, who gave clean chit to @narendramodi in 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre in which 69 people were killed Modi, whose father has been an RSS Pracharak.
    1. Is Sanjiv Bhatt paying the price for testifying against PM Modi in 2002 riots?
    2. Ex-IPS Sanjiv Bhatt sentenced to life for custodial death while quelling the communal riot?

    Jai Hind

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  • Eminef, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    Let the whole world know that there is no democracy in India. Whoever dares to be critical of the current government and the leaders will be destroyed. This is an example so that nobody not even the media will have the guts to question any wrong doings from the government. This is beginning of despotism in India and very little can be done by the opposition.

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  • Babu, Kaikamba

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    Definitely god will punish all the culprits soon or later

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  • Allen, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    Looks more like a revenge than punishment!

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  • Peacelover, India

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    yeh to hona hi ta! koi bomb blast karke MP ban jaata hai, aur koi leader ke khilaf ungli utaaker jail jaata hai,, ab aage aage dekho kya hota hai..
    pahle Ganga me dubki lagaane se paap dhul jaate te, lakin ab aik party join hone se saare gunah maaf ho jaate hien

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  • Prashant Karkera, Hejamady/Mumbai

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    Samjauta Express is very punctual in timing ....

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  • Abdul Jabbar, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    Also there are lot of punctual busses to nepal..

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    I hate Hitler ...

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  • Jeevan, Kudla

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    I hate Pappu..

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 21 2019

    i hate chor chaowkidaar aka feku

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  • Prashant Karkera, Hejamady/Mumbai

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    Truth wins, this officer worked on a prejudice propaganda & agenda .....
    Indian judiciary system is in good integrity level, nobody can question their rectitude ....

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  • Sharun, Delhi

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    Finally truth wins!

    Sathyameva jayathe!

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  • Peacelover, India

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    This is NOT final, there is one more court, there INFLUENCE, MONEY POWER, MUSCLE POWER will NOT work!

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  • Alex, Mlore

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    And judgement day of that court is not far.the difference in judgement here and therr is ,here the verdict has temporary effect until convict dies where as there verdict has eternal effect.

    So lets wait patiently for that day.

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  • ummar, mangalore

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    @Sharun, Delhi

    truth already died in 2002 riots in gujarath...

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  • Ahmed, Bangalore

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    Don't worry Sanjeev Bhat, you will get justice by higher court.
    We all know you spoke the truth and paying the price for speaking the truth of 2002 incident against the CM of that time, who is now PM.

    As long as God is real he will provide you justice and the perpetrators will be punished with humiliation by one or the other means.

    Shame Shame. Courts have been hijacked by the ruling power. Utmost corruption.

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  • Rakesh, Manglore

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    So you mean people who killed train passangers are peace loving and god loving ,

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  • SAMAD, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    And you think who supported Gujurat riots are God?

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  • Ahmed, Bangalore

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    Rakesh, there are various contradictory reports on train burning. A special team which investigated reported "the train compartment door was locked from inside, the venue was open to public for 2 months which could have been easily utilised to destroy the evidence, the report also clearly mentioned it was impossible to burn a compartment in such a short time by throwing kerosene bottle from outside into the locked door. There are many things the report has said but can't remember all.
    But as we all know jiska power usi ka kanoon.

    Even if it was attacked by the others from outside, still it is not justifiable to massacre entire state for the sins of others. Innocents blood will not go in vain. There is a Court of Lord which is powerful than any humans court. After all the punishment here in this world could be life time or a death, but in the sight of God the punishment is never ending as there is no death. That would be the real justice for all criminals.

    We all know how Babu Bajrangi boasted in a sting operation video saying "We were said we have only 3 days before central forces such as military deployed, play one day in these 3 days."

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  • Rajesh, Udupi

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    justifiable to massacre entire state ??
    Out of 900 odd casualties, 2/3rd were minorties.9
    900 makes entire state for u ? There is a limit to playing victimhood and u seem to be maaters in that.. lol

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  • Lionel Dsouza, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    THIS IS TOO MUCH.....SHAME ON YOU BJP AND ALSO ITS BLIND SUPPORTERS....JUST BCOZ HE SPOKE AGAINST YOU....LAW AND ORDER GONE FOR A TOSS.....

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  • deepakraj, mang/dxb

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    at least he is alive after speaking against BJP. Lol... This is the future for all chamchas who tried to frame opposition leader with fake cases with the support of Italian ammaji. All IPS officials should learn to work neutral without any pressure from politicians.

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  • John R Lobo, Kaikamba

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    Deepak Raj,

    He was Gujarath Cadre IPS Officer. More than 25 years Gujarath under BJP....
    Just becoz he uphold he constitution and Justice he is facing music...…

    By the way Ex CEC of India TN Seshan transferred 8 times in One day when he was serving under TN Govt....

    Moral lesson, he should support Ruling party or else...…..??????

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  • Antonio DSilva, Kuwait

    Thu, Jun 20 2019

    "All IPS officials should learn to work neutral without any pressure from politicians."

    By neutral you mean against congress?
    I wonder why they waited 3 decades and 2nd term to do the sentencing.

    And yes he is very much alive because otherwise the fingers would directly point to the perpetrator; of course you know who.

    Just a stark reminder at the cycle of life...…..Hitlers came and they went out the wrong way....

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  • Surendra Poojari, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 22 2019

    deepakraj..dxb...so you can kill those who give verdict against you. Justice Loya...who killed him???..Sir Winston Churchill told the fact in 1947 while giving independence to India.."power will go to scoundrels.." and this day this has proved true.

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