Sanjeev Bhatt’s life is in danger, says top cop’s wife

Oct 01, 2011 |

Ahmedabad

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The police on Saturday came for the second time to raid arrested IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's house here, but had to return when his wife confronted them and asked them to produce a fresh search warrant.

Bhatt's residence was raided on Friday after he was arrested on a complaint filed by a police Constable.

"Today around 30 to 35 police officers came once again to raid our house. But today, I confronted them and asked them to produce a search warrant. They were able to just produce yesterday's warrant as they did not possess a fresh search warrant," Bhatt's wife Shweta told the media.

"I told them that to search our house based on yesterday's (Friday) warrant amounted to harassment. They cannot search our house twice on the basis of one warrant," she maintained.

"After that they left our house," Shweta further said.

"The police are trying to harass us as my husband has spoken the truth," Shweta stated.

Following the arrest of Bhatt, who has accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of complicity in the 2002 riots, police conducted a raid at his residence in Memnagar area to ‘check for evidence’ related to the complaint.

Bhatt was arrested in connection with an FIR filed against him by Constable K D Pant for allegedly threatening him and making him sign a false affidavit with regard to a meeting called by Modi on February 27, 2002 hours after the Godhra train carnage.

Bhatt has been locked in a public confrontation with Modi after he filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court accusing the Chief Minister of complicity in the riots.

He has been served a charge sheet by Gujarat Home Department in connection with his alleged unauthorised absence from duty.

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