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This is an archive article published on May 10, 2010

Will take action against Zakia,Setalvad: Togadia

VHP leader Praveen Togadia on Monday said he would take action against Zakia Jaffery and Teesta Setalvad.

VHP leader Praveen Togadia on Monday said he would take action against Zakia Jaffery and Teesta Setalvad,on whose complaint he was called for questioning by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with Gujarat riots.

“I too,at an appropriate time,will take action against Zakia Jaffery and Teesta Setalvad,who have dragged me before the SIT,” Togadia told reporters outside the SIT office here after deposing before the Supreme Court-appointed agency.

Togadia was today questioned for over four hours by the SIT in connection with Zakia’s complaint in which she alleged that Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 62 others,which include his cabinet colleagues,police officials and senior bureaucrats aided and abetted post-Godhra riots in Gujarat.

Setalvad is a co-complainant.

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When asked what action he was contemplating against them,Togadia said “I will let you know in a few days time.”

“They (Zakia and Teesta) are not interested in getting justice for the families of those killed in Godhra in 2002,” the VHP International General Secretary said.

Togadia also targeted SIT chief R K Raghavan for his statements in the media.

“If action is taken against me for any of my speeches,then action should also be taken against Raghavan for his statement in media that Zakia’s complaint was Bible for him,” he said.

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On the arrest of IPS officers in connection with fake encounters in Gujarat,Togadia said “there will be a situation when police will be jailed and terrorists exploding bombs on the streets.”

If this was to be done why not dismiss the entire staff of Gujarat police,Togadia said.

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