2002 riots case: Zakia Jafri challenges SIT's clean chit to Narendra Modi in Gujarat High Court

AHMEDABAD: Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, today approached the Gujarat High Court challenging the Ahmedabad metropolitan court order upholding SIT's clean chit to Gujarat Chief minister Narendra Modi and others in connection with the 2002 riots case.

"We have challenged the metropolitan court's order which validates clean chit to Chief Minister Narendra Modi," social activist Teesta Setalwad told PTI here. The petition filed before the High Court demands to make Narendra Modi and 59 others accused on the charges of criminal conspiracy behind the riots.