In opposing activist Teesta Setalvad’s bail application, the state filed with the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday that her potential to tamper with evidence is the “most important feature” weighing against her. The state also insisted that the charges he faces are related to fabricating false evidence, adding that he was paid Rs 30 lakhs by Ahmed Patel of Congress to overthrow Narendra Modi’s government after the 2002 Gujarat riots.
The state prosecutor’s office, represented by prosecutor Mitesh Amin, also submitted to the Nirzar Desai court of justice that Setalvad was a “tool in the hands of certain politicians of a certain political party,” referring to Congress leader Ahmed Patel, who died in 2020. .
In turn, he stressed, Setalvad turned two police officers, namely his former IPS co-defendant Sanjiv Bhatt and retired DGP RB Sreekumar, into “tools”, with the motive of “seeing (a)
than the existing establishment (in 2002 when Gujarat CM was Narendra Modi) is overthrown, faces problems, and his image in society is tarnished.” Introducing that Ahmed Patel paid Rs 30 lakhs to Setalvad to ensure the involvement and overthrow of the then system in the 2002 Gujarat riots, Amin added that after the money started flowing, there came a stage where they registered FIR against certain people, but it was not relevant. to Setalvad about whether they were tried or punished.
“…what motivated them was to see the establishment overthrown at the time. By virtue of this, they were looking for a whistleblower who could be the whistleblower to propagate this. So ultimately the first choice fell on the father of the late Haren Pandya, namely Vithalbhai Pandya, who was wronged for the reasons he knows best, against the highest state official (then CM Modi).” he filed the charge. The prosecution will continue its arguments on Thursday.