Modi skips SIT hearing

Leaves questions unanswered

GN Bureau | March 22, 2010


Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi finally chose not to appear before the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Sunday.

He was asked to appear before the probe team in connection with a petition accusing him and 62 others of failing to protect the citizens in the 2002 post-Godhra riots. The petition was filed by Zakia Jafri, wife of former Congress MP Ahsan Jafri, who was killed in the Gulbarg Society massacre with 68 others on February 28, 2002.

Modi had been served summons, and his government's spokeperson had said he would cooperate in the investigation, but he had not responded to the summons that were not legally bindings accourdong to legal experts.

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