Indicted by the Supreme Court-appointed SIT for failing to contain riots in the state in 2002, the Gujarat government has issued a showcause notice to IPS officer Rahul Sharma, who had provided details of call records of important functionaries of the Modi government during the riots. The IPS officer Rahul Sharma has been asked to explain that why he should not be chargesheeted for sharing CDs with the state government-appointed Nanavati Commission and other inquiry panels, like SIT, containing call records concerning 2002 post-Godhra riots.
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Quit J&K or face war: JuD
Lahore, Feb. 5: Jamaat-u-Dawah chief Hazif Muhammad Saeed on Saturday warned India to “quit” Jammu and Kashmir or be prepared for a “war” even as the extremist group organised protests at several places in Pakistan to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day. Addressing a rally of about 20,000 supporters on the Mall, one of the main thoroughfares of Lahore, Saeed said in a belligerent tone: “I want to give a message to (Indian Prime Minister) Manmohan Singh — quit Kashmir or get ready to face a war”. —PTI