Suspended Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt sacked
Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt sacked
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AHMEDABAD: Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who had taken on the Gujarat government headed by Narendra Modi over the 2002 post-Godhra riots, was on Wednesday sacked on the ground of "unauthorized absence" from service, an action which he said came after a "sham inquiry".
"Yes, it is true that my services have been terminated. This was expected. They have been conducting a completely ex-parte inquiry. I got the letter (sack order) from them (the home ministry)," Bhatt told PTI this evening.
Gujarat chief secretary G R Aloria confirmed the development. "Services of Sanjiv Bhatt have been terminated," he said.
Bhatt said he was sacked on the basis of "a sham inquiry" with regard to his "unauthorized absence" from service when he had come to Ahmedabad to depose before the SIT probing the 2002 riots.
"They (government) have been conducting a sham inquiry ... an ex-parte inquiry about unauthorized absence from duty," Bhatt said.
When asked if he will challenge his sacking, Bhatt said he did not want to impose himself on the government.
"A lot can be done (against the move) but whether it is worth challenging ... government does not want me, why should I be so keen that I want to remain in this," Bhatt said.
"I had joined the police with a passion, now it seems the country and this government does not need me. So whatever has happened is good. I cannot impose myself on the government."
Bhatt, a 1988 batch IPS officer, was under suspension since 2011 for unauthorized absence from service.
READ ALSO: Gujarat govt suspends Sanjiv Bhatt
He had alleged in an affidavit in the Supreme Court that Narendra Modi, then the chief minister, instructed the top police officers to allow the Hindus "to vent out their anger" after the train-burning incident at Godhra in February 2002.
Bhatt had claimed that he had attended a meeting in this regard on February 27, 2002 at Modi's residence in Gandhinagar.
READ ALSO: Sanjiv Bhatt the pivot in case against Modi
Recently, the Gujarat government issued a show-cause notice to Bhatt over a video purportedly showing him with a woman. It sought his explanation for allegedly having extra-marital relationship; Bhatt denied that the man in the video was him.
READ ALSO: Man in sex video not me, Sanjiv Bhatt tells govt
"Yes, it is true that my services have been terminated. This was expected. They have been conducting a completely ex-parte inquiry. I got the letter (sack order) from them (the home ministry)," Bhatt told PTI this evening.
Gujarat chief secretary G R Aloria confirmed the development. "Services of Sanjiv Bhatt have been terminated," he said.
Bhatt said he was sacked on the basis of "a sham inquiry" with regard to his "unauthorized absence" from service when he had come to Ahmedabad to depose before the SIT probing the 2002 riots.
"They (government) have been conducting a sham inquiry ... an ex-parte inquiry about unauthorized absence from duty," Bhatt said.
When asked if he will challenge his sacking, Bhatt said he did not want to impose himself on the government.
"A lot can be done (against the move) but whether it is worth challenging ... government does not want me, why should I be so keen that I want to remain in this," Bhatt said.
"I had joined the police with a passion, now it seems the country and this government does not need me. So whatever has happened is good. I cannot impose myself on the government."
Bhatt, a 1988 batch IPS officer, was under suspension since 2011 for unauthorized absence from service.
READ ALSO: Gujarat govt suspends Sanjiv Bhatt
He had alleged in an affidavit in the Supreme Court that Narendra Modi, then the chief minister, instructed the top police officers to allow the Hindus "to vent out their anger" after the train-burning incident at Godhra in February 2002.
Bhatt had claimed that he had attended a meeting in this regard on February 27, 2002 at Modi's residence in Gandhinagar.
READ ALSO: Sanjiv Bhatt the pivot in case against Modi
Recently, the Gujarat government issued a show-cause notice to Bhatt over a video purportedly showing him with a woman. It sought his explanation for allegedly having extra-marital relationship; Bhatt denied that the man in the video was him.
READ ALSO: Man in sex video not me, Sanjiv Bhatt tells govt
Finally removed from service today after serving 27 years in the Indian Police Service. Once again eligible for employment. :) Any takers?
— Sanjiv Bhatt IPS (@sanjivbhatt) August 19,
2015
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