SC provides legal aid for Gujarat riots probe team

NEW DELHI, JUNE 17 : Following a request by former CBI director R K Raghavan, chief of the Special Investigative Team (SIT) formed to carry out a fresh probe into 10 cases of the 2002 Gujarat riots, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Solicitor General G E Vahanavti and another senior advocate to assist the team.

A Vacation Bench presided over by Justice Arijit Pasayat asked Vahanavti and K G Menon, another senior advocate, to provide all sorts of legal help to the SIT in conducting their probe.

Earlier in March, a three-member Bench, also presided over by Justice Pasayat had ordered the Modi Government to set up a SIT which would take a fresh look into some of the worst riots cases of 2002. The SIT includes three senior police officers from Gujarat — Gita Johri, Sivananad Jha and Ashish Bhatia. It also has former Uttar Pradesh DGP C B Satpathy.

Asked to submit its report within three months, the SIT will probe 10 cases relating to rioting in seven places. This includes Godhra where 81 people were killed and the Gulbarga Society where 68 were massacred.

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