Nanavati panel allows cross-examination of Bhatt on May 16

"It would be Bhatt's word against their's. Let the truth come out," Nanavati said.

Nanavati Commission,probing the 2002 riot cases,Monday allowed an NGO,Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM),which represents some of the victims of post-Godhra riots,to cross examine IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on May 16.

The NGO had last month moved the application before the commission requesting summoning and cross examination of Bhatt over alleged complicity of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the post-Godhra riots.

Bhatt,in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court last month,had claimed he attended the meeting held by Modi on February 27,2002 where the chief minister allegedly instructed his officers to allow Hindus to vent out their anger during communal clashes.

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“We have evidences and statements of some people who were present in the meeting (of February 27,2002). Bhatt also falls under the same category,” Justice G T Nanavati,who is heading the commission,said.

The commission has already summoned Bhatt for examination on May 16.

“It would be his (Bhatt’s) word against their’s. Let the truth come out,” Nanavati further said.

“Considering that Bhatt has already filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court,he could be cross examined,” Nanavati said allowing JSM to cross examine the IPS officer on May 16,the day when the commission has summoned him.

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