Mody in a fix

SC orders probe into Modi's role in Gujarat riots 28 Apr 2009, 0010 hrs IST, Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN

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NEW DELHI: Seven years after the post-Godhra communal riots that raged through Gujarat, chief minister Narendra Modi, 15 of his key ministers and MLAs and bureaucrats will face a direct and thorough probe into their alleged role in the carnage that left more than 2,000 dead. ( Watch ) The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by former CBI director R K Raghavan, to carry out the probe which will investigate the role of top Gujarat BJP politicians as well as Sangh Parivar honchos, including Praveen Togadia and Babu Bajrangi. The SIT has been asked to give in its report to the apex court within three months. This sweeping probe into Modi and 62 others was triggered on the basis of a complaint of Jakia Nasim Ahesan Hussain Jafri, widow of ex-Congress MP Ahesan Jafri who was killed by a mob at Gulbarg Society. The investigation order was issued by a Bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and A K Ganguly. Blog: Divisive Modi The order came even before Jafri's counsel Sanjay Parikh and Aparna Bhat coul

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