Probe opposes Zakia’s plea against Modi

The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) yesterday opposed the plea of Zakia Ahsan Jafri — the widow of Congress leader Ahsan Jafri — challenging the Gujarat High Court order upholding the clean chit to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in the 2002 riots case.

The case pertains to the alleged inaction in the 2002 post-Godhra riots including the attack on Gulberg Housing Society.

Ahsan Jafri, a Congress leader and a former MP, was killed in the mob violence on Gulberg Society.