Activist Teesta Setalvad arrested by Gujarat ATS in Mumbai
India Today
Activist Teesta Setalvad was arrested by Gujarat ATS officials in Mumbai.
A Gujarat anti-terror squad (ATS) team on Saturday arrested activist Teesta Setalvad. She is being taken to Ahmedabad. According to the FIR, activist Teesta and two former IPS officers have been booked for allegedly giving false information about the Gujarat riots.
This development comes after the Supreme Court upheld the Special Investigation Team's (SIT) clean chit to 64 people, including PM Narendra Modi, in the 2002 riots case.
Earlier in the day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in an interview, accused Setalvad of giving baseless information about the 2002 Gujarat riots to the police.
Amit Shah also said that Setalvad had an NGO which had submitted applications to police stations against BJP workers and they were sought as truth.
The Gujarat ATS team arrived at Setalvad's residence in Mumbai's Juhu on Saturday and took her to Santacruz Police station in Mumbai. Later, she was arrested.
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On Friday, the apex court, while upholding the SIT clean chit given to PM Modi, said that activist Teesta Setalvad exploited the emotions of petitioner Zakia Jafri for "ulterior motives".
