Arrested IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt gets bail in Ahmedabad

Suspended and arrested IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt was on Monday granted bail by a local court in connection with a complaint filed by his subordinate for creating false evidence.

By TNN | Updated: Oct 17, 2011, 12.10 PM IST

AHMEDABAD: Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, arrested for allegedly fabricating evidence to implicate Narendra Modi in the Gujarat riots, was granted bail by a local court here today, 17 days after he was sent to jail.

Session Judge V K Vyas granted bail on the condition that Bhatt would cooperate with the investigation and would remain present when called for.

Bhatt was in jail after being arrested on September 30 in connection with an FIR filed against him by a police constable K D Pant for allegedly threatening him and making him sign a false affidavit with regards to the IPS officer's presence in the February 27, 2002 meeting called by the Chief Minister after the Godhra train burning incident.

Bhatt had moved bail application on October 3, which was opposed by the state government.

During the week-long hearing on Bhatt's bail plea, his advocate I H Syed had contended that his client's arrest was politically motivated and was aimed at getting hold of and destroying the alleged evidence that he had against Modi with regard to the 2002 communal riots.

Syed had further contended that the complaint, on which Bhatt was arrested, was falsely made with an ulterior motive at the behest of some political functionaries and senior police officers.

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