Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has been arrested

GANDHINAGAR: On Friday the suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who had implicated Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots, was arrested by the Gandhinagar police.

Bhatt had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court implicating Modi in the 2002 communal riots and was served a charge sheet by the Gujarat home department in connection with his alleged unauthorized absence from duty for the last ten months on Sept 18.

He was arrested for allegedly forcing a constable to file a false affidavit supporting his claim that he was present in the meeting of CMs where Modi asked police to go slow during the 2002 riots.