Gujrat Police: modi-IPS sanjeev bhatt case: Bhatt under threat, says wife, BJP backs arrest

Click to play video New Delhi: A day after the arrest of suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt, his wife Shweta Bhatt on Saturday alleged that he was under threat and was not being allowed to meet his lawyer. Shweta Bhatt, the wife of the cop, has written a letter to the top cops and senior government officials in this regard. In the letter, Shweta pointed that her husband had been "surprisingly shifted to the City Crime Branch which has bad reputation of fake encounters". She added that the branch was directly under the control of the present Chief Minister. Bhatt, who had accused Chief Minister Narendra Modi of abetting the 2002 riots, was arrested on Friday. He has been charged with forgery and conspiracy.

The arrest came after one of his juniors, K D Pant, alleged that Bhatt had forced him to file a false affidavit against Modi. The affidavit had said that Bhatt was present at the February 27, 2002 meeting at which Modi had allegedly told the police to go slow on the rioters. Search operations were also conducted by the police at the residence of the suspended officer. Bhatt, however, refused to comment on the arrest saying, "I cannot say anything right now as I am in police custody. It is not the right time. If I want I can say lot of things but would not like to comment. It is now for media to decide what is right and what is wrong." Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has justified Bhatt's arrest. Gujarat party in-charge Balbir Punj said, "The arrest is absolutely justified. Just because you've abused Narendra Modi, it doesn't buy immunity from law. If you've broken the law, you must be willing to face consequences."