October 26, 2025 3:41 am
The former IPS officer, who is serving life imprisonment in a 1990 custodial death case in Jamnagar, is lodged in Rajkot Central Jail
December 09, 2024 6:13 am
Sanjiv Bhatt’s lawyer says medical evidence failed to show any injury mark on Naran Postariya, arrested in the RDX landing case, and that government sanction to prosecute a public servant was not obtained in the case.
July 14, 2022 12:39 am
A Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed under the Detection of Crime Branch Ahmedabad, where the FIR was lodged on June 25, had sought 14 days police remand.
April 01, 2022 5:45 am
Bhatt was facing four private complaints filed in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class of Jamjodhpur, alleging custodial torture, of which two were quashed by the HC in 2009.
January 18, 2020 4:12 am
Bhatt was arrested in September 2018 after the Gujarat HC directed the CID to probe the case in which Sumer Singh Rajpurohit was booked for allegedly keeping 1.5 kg opium at a Palanpur hotel in 1996.
September 04, 2014 1:15 am
Sources said Bhatt’s name was forwarded to the UPSC after the ministry was convinced of his involvement in anti-government acts.
October 05, 2011 1:02 am
The Home Ministry has written to the Gujarat government to ensure adequate security to Bhatt and his family as per local threat perception.
July 31, 2011 2:47 am
As the battle between Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt and the Narendra Modi government gets murkier by the day.




