The CBI raid on Teesta Setalvad’s house and office is a most shocking instance of misuse of government machinery. Since Ms Setalvad and her colleagues are fully willing to cooperate with the CBI’s inquiry, the conclusion is inescapable that the CBI’s action is part of a campaign to humiliate and persecute them. The obvious reason for this is the well-known fact that Ms Setalvad has been in the forefront of the struggle to bring to justice the guilty of the Gujarat genocide of 2002. It cannot escape notice that persecution of Ms Setalvad is accompanied by a deliberate weakening of the prosecution cases or overnight withdrawals of cases against those who have been accused of heinous crimes. The timing of this raid is all the more suspect asthe Zakia Jafri case begins its final hearings on July 27, and the Naroda Patiya appeals (Maya Kodnani and BabuBajrangi) were to be being heard in the Gujarat High Court on 15.7.2015. It is time for all supporters of civil liberty and the rule of law to stand up for Ms Setalvad and her colleagues and condemn without reservation the conduct of the Narendra Modi government.
We express solidarity with Teesta Setalvad and her colleagues.
Irfan Habib
Romila Thapar
Amiya Kumar Bagchi
Vivan Sundaram
Prabhat Patnaik
Mushirul Hasan
Ashok Vajpeyi
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