Fir Against Teesta Setalvad

Social activist Teesta Setalvad on Monday moved Gujarat High Court to quash an FIR filed against her by the city crime branch for allegedly fabricating evidence in the 2002 riots cases.

Teesta Setalvad was detained from her house in Juhu area of Mumbai on Saturday afternoon after an FIR was registered against her at the Ahmedabad crime branch based on a complaint lodged by a crime branch inspector DB Barad.

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the state government and a complainant on a plea by social activist Teesta Setalvad seeking quashing of an FIR in a case in which she is accused of putting objectionable pictures of Hindu deities on a social networking site.

As a court in Mumbai gets ready to hear activist Teesta Setalvad's petition seeking protection from arrest, questions remain over whether the CBI's charges against her are grounded in facts.

The Ahmedabad crime branch today lodged a First Information Report against social activist Teesta Setalvad after some riot victims from the Gulberg Society massacre case accused her of fraud.

Social activist Teesta Setalvad on Monday moved Gujarat High Court to quash an FIR filed against her by the city crime branch for allegedly fabricating evidence in the 2002 riots cases.

Teesta Setalvad was detained from her house in Juhu area of Mumbai on Saturday afternoon after an FIR was registered against her at the Ahmedabad crime branch based on a complaint lodged by a crime branch inspector DB Barad.

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the state government and a complainant on a plea by social activist Teesta Setalvad seeking quashing of an FIR in a case in which she is accused of putting objectionable pictures of Hindu deities on a social networking site.

As a court in Mumbai gets ready to hear activist Teesta Setalvad's petition seeking protection from arrest, questions remain over whether the CBI's charges against her are grounded in facts.

The Ahmedabad crime branch today lodged a First Information Report against social activist Teesta Setalvad after some riot victims from the Gulberg Society massacre case accused her of fraud.