No compromise with Modi govt,says Bhatt after court proposal

“I cannot compromise with those goons. Whatever wrong the government wants to do I do not care. I will tolerate it,” Bhatt said in the open court.

Bhatt’s lawyer Sayed said,”The court suggested to Bhatt that he should go for two or three hours remand and his bail application will be heard later in the day”.

“To this suggestion,Bhatt told the judge that he would not go for any compromise on this. Bhatt further said to the judge that he believes in law and let law take its own course and give him a legal order,” Sayed said.

Sayed said Bhatt is ready to be in jail for a longer duration but he will not compromise on his principles and was confident that the rule of law will prevail.

The court reserved the order on the state government’s remand revision application of Bhatt for October seven.

Bhatt has already filed a bail plea before Sessions Judge V K Vyas who adjourned the hearing for tomorrow.

The Gujarat government had yesterday challenged in the sessions court a magisterial court’s order denying remand of Bhatt,arrested last Friday for allegedly threatening and forcing a constable to sign a false affidavit.

Judge Patel reserved the order on the remand revision application for October 7.

Centre asks Modi govt to ensure security of Bhatt,family

The Centre on Tuesday asked the Narendra Modi government to provide adequate security to arrested IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt,who had levelled allegations against the Gujarat chief minister in connection with 2002 post-Godhra riots,and his family following an appeal from his wife.

Soon after receiving a letter from Bhatt’s wife Shweta expressing apprehensions that he could be “physically ill-treated” and that there was “danger to his life” from a “vindictive administration”,Home Secretary R K Singh convened a high-level meeting to take stock of her complaint.

“The Home Ministry has written to the Gujarat government to ensure adequate security to Bhatt and his family as per local threat perception,” a Home Ministry official said.

The Central government has also decided to carry out an independent assessment on the threat perception to Bhatt and his family.

“We are also independently carrying out threat assessment at our level,” the official said.

The action came after Shweta wrote a letter to Home Minister P Chidambaram asking him to provide security to her husband and the family and appealed to him to ensure that his human rights are not violated.

Bhatt was arrested last Friday on the basis of the FIR filed against him by police constable K D Pant for allegedly threatening him and forcing him to sign a false affidavit with regard to a meeting called by Modi on February 27,2002,hours after the Godhra train carnage.

In his bail application,Bhatt had submitted he was falsely implicated with an ulterior motive at the behest of some political functionaries and senior police officers.

He had claimed Pant appeared to be acting following “diktats” from political members of the state government.

Bhatt had alleged his arrest was aimed at getting hold of the alleged evidence,he had against Modi with regard to the 2002 communal riots,and to destroy them.

“My husband has been victimised and arrested merely because a few politicians apprehended serious action against them because of the evidence Sanjeev is likely to give in the pending criminal cases,” Shweta said in her letter to Chidambaram.