Gujarat govt opposes Teesta Setalvad’s discharge plea

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has opposed the discharge application filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad in a sessions court here in a case of the alleged fabrication of evidence to frame innocent people in 2002 post-Godhra riot cases.

The government on Monday told the court of additional sessions judge Ambalal Patel that Setalvad had abused the trust of the 2002 riots victims.

Setalvad



drafted affidavits in their names to implicate innocent persons including then chief minister (Narendra Modi), senior officers, and ministers, the government affidavit said.

Notably, the Supreme Court on Saturday protected Setalvad from arrest and stayed for a week the Gujarat High Court order rejecting her plea for regular bail and asking her to surrender immediately in the case of the alleged fabrication of evidence.