Ahmedabad:
The Nanavati Commission, probing 2002 Gujarat riots, has directed the Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence) to file a report stating which State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) records related to the riots were available and what had been destroyed.
The commission, comprising Justices G T Nanavati and Akshay Mehta, was hearing an application filed by NGO Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), seeking directions to the state government that it clarify whether the SIB records had been destroyed.
The commission directed the ADGP to file the report within 10 days, after which it would pass orders on the JSM's application.
The Jan Sangharsh Manch, which represents some of the riot victims, filed the application following conflicting statements by authorities over the destruction of SIB records.
On June 29, senior counsel S B Vakil, who represents the state government, had told reporters that telephone call records, officers' movements registers and vehicle log books of the SIB pertaining to the period of 2002 riots were destroyed five years later, as per government rules. (Read)
However, the state Home Department later clarified that all crucial records related to the riots were available.
The government also said that some SIB records, which were of 'temporary' nature, were destroyed as per the rules.
JSM has sought directions to the home secretary to clarify, on an affidavit, what kind of documents pertaining to the period between February 27, 2002 and May 31, 2002 were destroyed.
JSM also wants to inspect log books (movement registers) of the vehicles of former DGP Chakraborty, ex-ADGP G C Raigar, ex-Police Commissioner P C Pande and DCP (SIB) Sanjeev Bhatt for the period between February 27, 2002 and March 3, 2002.
The NGO has also sought to inspect telephone call registers of the SIB control room as well as the movement diaries of the ADGP Raigar, former IG - O P Mathur and the three DCPs posted with the SIB, for the same period.
JSM has also demanded that state government produce certificate of destruction of the documents claimed to have been destroyed.
The commission, comprising Justices G T Nanavati and Akshay Mehta, was hearing an application filed by NGO Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), seeking directions to the state government that it clarify whether the SIB records had been destroyed.
The commission directed the ADGP to file the report within 10 days, after which it would pass orders on the JSM's application.
The Jan Sangharsh Manch, which represents some of the riot victims, filed the application following conflicting statements by authorities over the destruction of SIB records.
On June 29, senior counsel S B Vakil, who represents the state government, had told reporters that telephone call records, officers' movements registers and vehicle log books of the SIB pertaining to the period of 2002 riots were destroyed five years later, as per government rules. (Read)
However, the state Home Department later clarified that all crucial records related to the riots were available.
The government also said that some SIB records, which were of 'temporary' nature, were destroyed as per the rules.
JSM has sought directions to the home secretary to clarify, on an affidavit, what kind of documents pertaining to the period between February 27, 2002 and May 31, 2002 were destroyed.
JSM also wants to inspect log books (movement registers) of the vehicles of former DGP Chakraborty, ex-ADGP G C Raigar, ex-Police Commissioner P C Pande and DCP (SIB) Sanjeev Bhatt for the period between February 27, 2002 and March 3, 2002.
The NGO has also sought to inspect telephone call registers of the SIB control room as well as the movement diaries of the ADGP Raigar, former IG - O P Mathur and the three DCPs posted with the SIB, for the same period.
JSM has also demanded that state government produce certificate of destruction of the documents claimed to have been destroyed.
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