Suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt detained by police

AHMEDABAD: Suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt was on Friday detained in connection with an FIR filed against him by a police constable for allegedly threatening and making him sign a "false" affidavit about a high-level meeting called by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on February 27, 2002.

"Bhatt has been brought in for questioning with regard to the FIR against him in the Ghatlodia police station," Gujarat DGP Chitranjan Singh told PTI.

"His statement will be recorded. He has not been arrested," he said.

Bhatt has received a notice issued to Gujarat Police with regard to the case from the Supreme Court on his petition, Singh added.

The suspended officer, who has alleged Modi's complicity in post-Godhra riots, was taken to the Ghatlodia police station by ACP N C Patel, police said.

Constable K D Pant, who was working under Bhatt during 2002 riots, had registered the FIR accusing Bhatt of threatening a public servant (Pant), fabricating false evidence and wrongful confinement.

According to Pant's FIR, on June 16 he got a call from Bhatt asking him to come to his residence for some work.