Summons issued to Modi in SIT’s Ehsan Jaffrey murder enquiry

Thursday 11 March, 2010: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Supreme Court to enquire into the 2002 Gujarat communal violence has issued summons to Chief Minister Narendra Modi to appear before it for questioning on March 21.

This is for an enquiry in pursuance of a petition submitted by Zakia Jaffrey, widow of Ehsan Jaffrey, former Congress Member of Parliament, who was murdered during the Gulberg Society riots on February 28, 2002.

This enquiry is not to be confused with the nine other cases relating to the Gujarat pogrom against Muslims, which are under trial. ...Read More