Jansangharsh Manch

The illusion called Secularism – Shahid Azmi Memorial Lecture

Two words that have occupied the maximum space in the sphere of political discourse all across the globe in the last two decades are (1) Terrorism and (2) Secularism. ‘Terrorism’ appears to have replaced the word ‘communism’ which the west had identified as the main enemy till the collapse of the Soviet Union. Secularism is [...]

Gujarat IPS officer Rahul Sharma was chargesheeted

Gujarat IPS officer Rahul Sharma was chargesheeted for indiscipline on Saturday. He was chargesheeted for misconduct in taking away CDs from the 2002 riots case papers. The chargesheet came a day after Home Mininister P Chidambaram said that the Centre is willing to intervene in the IPS officers versus Gujarat Government fight. Sharma’s lawyer Mukul [...]

Sadik Jamal case: FIR sought against IB officer, 16 cops in Ahmedabad

Senior officer in the central Intelligence Bureau, Rajendra Kumar, has been named as an accused in the fresh complaint submitted to the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) on Saturday by Sabbir Mehtar in the Sadik Jamal encounter case. Sabbir is the brother of Sadik who was gunned down by DCB sleuths in an encounter in [...]

Probe retraction by witnesses: HC

Gujarat High Court on Friday asked the chairman of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) R R Verma to probe the retraction of statements by the witnesses in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. Insisting on speeding up of investigation into the case, a bench comprising Justice Jayant Patel and Justice Abhilasha Kumari directed Verma to submit [...]

Riot panel rejects plea challenging IPS officer”s examination

The Nanavati Commission, probing the 2002 post-Godhra riots, today rejected an application challenging the cross-examination of Gujarat IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt, saying it was devoid of merits. The application was filed by Jamiat-Ulma-E-Hind (JUH) on May 25. JUH had contended that Bhatt cannot be cross- examined as he was summoned by the two-member panel by [...]