The Supreme Court today asked the Gujarat government to stop any further investigation into the case against social activist Teesta Setalvad for her alleged role in illegal exhumation of the bodies of the 2002 riot victims in Pandarwada. A bench comprising justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai said, it is a malafide case. However, Gujarat government said that the charge sheet in the case has already been filed and the offence is made out.
The bench was hearing a petition by Setalvad against the May 27, 2011 order of the Gujarat High Court, which had refused to quash the FIR registered against her in the case at a police station in Panchmahal district of the state.
Gujarat government submitted that initially Setalvad was not an accused in the case but during the investigation, her alleged role was found and there are independent witnesses to support the allegations against her.