Vajpayee Govt Didn't Object to UK Report That 2002 Riots Were 'Pre-Planned', Cops 'Told Not to Act'

The minutes of an April 16, 2002 phone call between former external affairs minister Jaswant Singh and his UK counterpart reveal the BJP-led government only protested the leak of the report and its claimed death toll. No criticism was made of the UK report's critical observations about the role played by the Gujarat police and by political organisations connected to Modi in the anti-Muslim violence.

https://thewire.in/diplomacy/exclusive-vajpayee-govt-didnt-object-to-uk-report-that-2002-riots-were-pre-planned-cops-told-not-to-act

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Supreme Court grants bail to Teesta Setalvad in post-Godhra riots case, sets aside Gujarat HC order

The three-judge Bench found that Ms. Setalvad had not been questioned even once by the police in the case after the Supreme Court granted her interim bail in September last year.

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