Zakia Ehsan Jafri, the wife of late Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that her request for an investigation into the bigger plot behind the riots was not a political one because she did not aim to accuse anyone but rather to rectify administrative lapses. The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it would like to review the closing report of the special investigation team (SIT) that cleared 64 persons in 2002 Gujarat.
Zakia Ehsan Jafri, the wife of late Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that her request for an investigation into the greater plot behind the riots was not a political one because she did not aim to name any individuals but rather to remedy administrative lapses. “This is not a political issue.” I don’t want anyone to be mentioned or invited. I am solely concerned with the state government’s administrative ineptitude…, Senior counsel Kapil Sibal, who was representing Zakia, addressed the panel of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari, and CT Ravikumar.
After the Gujarat High Court denied her appeal disputing the findings of the special investigation team (SIT) on October 5, 2017, Zakia petitioned the Supreme Court, alleging a bigger conspiracy behind the entire riots that led to her husband’s murder. In 2018, Sibal said he wanted the SIT to look into Zakia’s allegation to the additional director general of police in June 2006 and see if there was a bigger plot behind the riots.
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As the arguments remained inconclusive, the court will study the SIT’s close report on Wednesday for this purpose. He stated that evidence must be considered to determine if the offence was committed, and that evidence was related to the fact that police were not taking action, hate speeches were made, and misleading information was transmitted to the public.
About section 190 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which deals with cognizance of offenses, he stated that the magistrate is required to take cognizance when the court is informed of certain facts and information that constitute the conduct of the offense. The lawyer stated that he was concerned about a grievance arising from the SIT’s closing report, which already included various facts.
