Nanavati panel rejects Bhatt plea seeking 2002 riots probe report

The Nanavati-Mehta Commission has dismissed an application by suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt whereby the latter had sought report copy of a of a high-level committee,consisting of two senior IPS officers,constituted by the Commission to probe into the destruction of some crucial intelligence documents related to the 2002 riots.

In January this year,the Commission had appointed a two-member committee to probe into the destruction of certain intelligence records related to 2002 riots along with status of some other documents which were claimed to be either not maintained or untraceable. The two members were Additional Director General of Police Tirth Raj and Home Secretary M D Antani.

The Committee was formed by the Commission while acting on an application by Bhatt who demanded an independent probe into the alleged destruction of documents sought by him. The Committee has submitted its report before the Commission and subsequently Bhatt sought a copy of the report from the Commission through an application.

The Commission had conducted hearing of the application in April and reserved its order on it without giving any particular date.