Sanjiv Bhatt In Jail

A sessions court in Palanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Thursday sentenced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years in jail in a 1996 case involving planting of drugs to frame a lawyer.

A sessions court in Palanpur town of Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Wednesday convicted jailed former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a drug seizure case dating back to 1996.

A Special Investigation Team of the Gujarat Police has arrested former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt through transfer warrant in a case of conspiring to falsely implicate innocent persons in a case related to the 2002 communal riots, an official said.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing for six weeks on a plea filed by former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking suspension of his life imprisonment jail sentence in connection with a 1990 custodial death case.

Congress leader Hardik Patel, two party MLAs and around 27 of their supporters were today detained while they were on way to Palanpur district jail in Gujarat to meet sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, police said.

Sanjiv Bhatt, the Gujarat-cadre IPS officer who took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Gujarat riots and in June was sentenced to life in prison in a 30-year-old custodial death case, has written to his wife and children from jail, from "the heart of darkness", to thank them for helping him "become everything that I needed to be for serving ...

A month after senior Gujarat police officer Sanjiv Bhatt was sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1990 custodial death case, his wife met Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala today to seek their support in her "fight against injustice".

Sanjiv Bhatt, the policeman who has become famous for taking on Narendra Modi, has been granted bail by a court in Gujarat.

In a significant show of solidarity, the Gujarat Indian Police Service (IPS) Association today passed a resolution backing their jailed colleague Sanjiv Bhatt. The top cop was arrested and sent to jail on allegations of coercing a constable into signing an affidavit that accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of complicity in the 2002 riots t...

A court in Ahmedabad has ruled that arrested police officer Sanjiv Bhatt is entitled to apply for bail. The Gujarat Police had challenged this on the grounds that it has filed a parallel case that asks for Mr Bhatt's custody. Whether Mr Bhatt leaves jail will be decided on Friday.

The Home Ministry has asked the Gujarat government to ensure that security is provided to arrested police officer Sanjiv Bhatt and his family. Mr Bhatt was arrested on Friday. His wife, Shweta, had written to Home Minister P Chidambaram, alleging that her husband is not safe while in prison.

A sessions court in Palanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Thursday sentenced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years in jail in a 1996 case involving planting of drugs to frame a lawyer.

A sessions court in Palanpur town of Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Wednesday convicted jailed former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a drug seizure case dating back to 1996.

A Special Investigation Team of the Gujarat Police has arrested former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt through transfer warrant in a case of conspiring to falsely implicate innocent persons in a case related to the 2002 communal riots, an official said.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing for six weeks on a plea filed by former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking suspension of his life imprisonment jail sentence in connection with a 1990 custodial death case.

Congress leader Hardik Patel, two party MLAs and around 27 of their supporters were today detained while they were on way to Palanpur district jail in Gujarat to meet sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, police said.

Sanjiv Bhatt, the Gujarat-cadre IPS officer who took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Gujarat riots and in June was sentenced to life in prison in a 30-year-old custodial death case, has written to his wife and children from jail, from "the heart of darkness", to thank them for helping him "become everything that I needed to be for serving ...

A month after senior Gujarat police officer Sanjiv Bhatt was sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1990 custodial death case, his wife met Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala today to seek their support in her "fight against injustice".

Sanjiv Bhatt, the policeman who has become famous for taking on Narendra Modi, has been granted bail by a court in Gujarat.

In a significant show of solidarity, the Gujarat Indian Police Service (IPS) Association today passed a resolution backing their jailed colleague Sanjiv Bhatt. The top cop was arrested and sent to jail on allegations of coercing a constable into signing an affidavit that accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of complicity in the 2002 riots t...

A court in Ahmedabad has ruled that arrested police officer Sanjiv Bhatt is entitled to apply for bail. The Gujarat Police had challenged this on the grounds that it has filed a parallel case that asks for Mr Bhatt's custody. Whether Mr Bhatt leaves jail will be decided on Friday.

The Home Ministry has asked the Gujarat government to ensure that security is provided to arrested police officer Sanjiv Bhatt and his family. Mr Bhatt was arrested on Friday. His wife, Shweta, had written to Home Minister P Chidambaram, alleging that her husband is not safe while in prison.