New Delhi: Zakia Jafri’s petition in the 2002 Gujarat riots case has been dismissed by the Supreme Court here today.
Zakia had challenged the closure report of the SIT, which had exonerated 64 people including then CM Narendra Modi from the charge of conspiracy to riot.
Earlier, the magistrate in 2012 and the high court in 2017 had approved the report. The Supreme Court has also ruled on the case, saying that there are no facts in the petition while dismissing the plea of Zakia.
The Supreme Court had constituted the SIT under the leadership of former CBI director R K Raghavan to probe the riots in 2008. The court was constantly monitoring the investigation.
Zakia, wife of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was killed in the riots, alleged that the then CM Narendra Modi was also involved in the conspiracy of the riots. In 2011, the Supreme Court ordered the SIT to investigate the case on the basis of evidence provided by Zakia.