AHMEDABAD: Dismissed IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt used to be arrested on Wednesday in a case that goes again 22 years to 1996, when he's alleged to have planted medicine in a Palanpur lodge room to frame a attorney to be able to pressurise his kinfolk into vacating assets owned by way of a judge’s sister.
The twists and turns of the case had resulted in the subject reaching the Gujarat prime court, in 1998 and 1999, when a CBI probe used to be demanded on FIRs filed in Palanpur, Gujarat and Pali, Rajasthan.
Gujarat HC heard the case 20 years later and in June ordered state CID to investigate, following which Bhatt, then DSP of Banaskantha, used to be arrested together with retired cop IB Vyas, who used to be an inspector beneath Bhatt.
Additional DGP of CID Ajay Tomar mentioned the agency took over the probe in June this yr following the HC order. Curiously, the petition for investigation had been demanded by way of Vyas himself and previous HC judge, R R Jain, the person who allegedly sought Bhatt’s lend a hand in 1996. “Bhatt and subordinates planted 1.015 kg opium in Hotel Lajwanti to implicate Rajasthan attorney Sumersingh Rajpurohit on April 30, 1996,” Tomar mentioned. “They were thinking about a conspiracy to pressurise Rajpurohit to vacate a store in Pali.” Police may additionally e-book Bhatt and Vyas beneath the narcotics Act. “Others had been summoned. More arrests are likely,” he added.
Bhatt hit the headlines in 2011 after he filed a sworn statement within the Supreme Court announcing he used to be found in a meeting at then chief minister Narendra Modi’s place of abode on February 27, 2002. Bhatt accused Modi of directing the police to go sluggish on rioters and used to be disregarded from service in 2015.
Banaskantha police had raided Hotel Lajwanti in 1996 on a tip-off that Rajpurohit had plans to promote five kg opium. Cops found 1.015 kg opium within the room and on May 2 arrested Rajpurohit.
The twists and turns of the case had resulted in the subject reaching the Gujarat prime court, in 1998 and 1999, when a CBI probe used to be demanded on FIRs filed in Palanpur, Gujarat and Pali, Rajasthan.
Gujarat HC heard the case 20 years later and in June ordered state CID to investigate, following which Bhatt, then DSP of Banaskantha, used to be arrested together with retired cop IB Vyas, who used to be an inspector beneath Bhatt.
Additional DGP of CID Ajay Tomar mentioned the agency took over the probe in June this yr following the HC order. Curiously, the petition for investigation had been demanded by way of Vyas himself and previous HC judge, R R Jain, the person who allegedly sought Bhatt’s lend a hand in 1996. “Bhatt and subordinates planted 1.015 kg opium in Hotel Lajwanti to implicate Rajasthan attorney Sumersingh Rajpurohit on April 30, 1996,” Tomar mentioned. “They were thinking about a conspiracy to pressurise Rajpurohit to vacate a store in Pali.” Police may additionally e-book Bhatt and Vyas beneath the narcotics Act. “Others had been summoned. More arrests are likely,” he added.
Bhatt hit the headlines in 2011 after he filed a sworn statement within the Supreme Court announcing he used to be found in a meeting at then chief minister Narendra Modi’s place of abode on February 27, 2002. Bhatt accused Modi of directing the police to go sluggish on rioters and used to be disregarded from service in 2015.
Banaskantha police had raided Hotel Lajwanti in 1996 on a tip-off that Rajpurohit had plans to promote five kg opium. Cops found 1.015 kg opium within the room and on May 2 arrested Rajpurohit.
Axed IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt held for ‘framing’ lawyer in 1996
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