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Narendra Modi denies he was summoned by SIT | Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he was not summoned to appear before a Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing 2002 Gujarat riots cases on March 21. On Monday evening Modi released an open letter defending his
stand. In a strong statement issued a day after he was reported as having kept
the panel waiting for him to appear before it, Modi said: "It is a matter of grave
concern and needs investigation as to why and who started spreading lies that
Narendra Modi has been summoned by SIT on March 21." In the statement Modi
pointed
out that March 21 happened to be "a Sunday and a public holiday.β βThe purveyors
of lies did not even bother to check whether the SIT officers appointed by Supreme
Court were present in Gujarat on March 21,β Modi said. Modi alleged that the date
March 21, was given out by "some vested interests and as part of the effort to
interfere in the due process of law." Modi said in his statement that he would
respond to the SIT, "fully respecting law and keeping in view the dignity of the
body appointed by the Supreme Court.β The SIT headed by former Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI) director K R Raghavan, is looking into nine cases of 2002
Gujarat riots. The SIT asked Modi to appear in connection with the Gulbarg Society
carnage case. Earlier in the day, the Gujarat High Court issued a notice to the
Nanavati Commission asking it to explain, by April 1, whether it too would summon
Narendra Modi as part of its inquiry on the Gujarat riots of 2002. |
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