Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:07:48 +0530 From: Marshall Mendonza <[email protected]>
*New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday asked a special probe panel formed by it to look into the allegations that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi along with over 50 other politicians and government officials had aided and abetted statewide communal riots in 2002. *A bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and Asok Kumar Ganguly directed the panel headed by former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director R.K. Raghavan to particularly look into the allegations that Modi was involved in the killing of an MP in Ahmedabad's Gulbarga Society arson case. The panel was asked to file its report within three months. Mario responds: This is fantastic news. It is high time that Narendra Modi's involvement be investigated objectively and honestly so that he can either be absolved of wrongdoing and the cloud removed from over his head, or he be brought to justice if he is found to be civilly or criminally complicit. This should also restore some credibility to India's Judicial system which is often seen as either inadequate and far too slow in fulfilling its role.
