The Supreme Court today asked the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing 2002 Gujarat riot cases, not to associate two senior IPS officers — Geeta Johri and Shivanand Jha — in the investigations till further orders.<br/><br/>This direction was given by a bench comprising Justices D K Jain, P Sathasivam and Aftab Alam while hearing an application moved by an NGO making various allegations against SIT and its members and seeking stay of the trial in ten riots cases.<br/><br/>The court said it will hear on the 19th of April the question of passing interim direction for staying the trial in the ten cases.<br/><br/>The apex court also fixed 28th of April for considering whether there is a need to continue with the SIT headed by former CBI director R K Raghavan in the wake of allegations levelled against it and its members.