Minority Rights Watch slam modi gov over bhatt's arrestNewdelhi: minority rights watch india slammed the Narendra Modi government over the arrest of suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt in connection with an FIR filed by his former subordinate. "We strongly condemn the arrest of Sanjeev Bhatt, which is on frivolous grounds," Prof:Naziburahaman, National Chairman of MRW India, the Delhi-based Minority group for Human Rights said. "Bhatt has been extremely forthright in his stand for truth and justice, very particularly, on the Gujarat Carnage of 2002 and now he has to pay the price," he added. This is an another instance of the fascism that is thriving in Gujarat, he said and demanded Bhatt's unconditional and immediate release. General Secretary of MRW said that this action of the Modi government amounted to tampering with evidence and intimidation of a key witness. "It is a cheap attempt to slur Bhatt's character and standing " he said . Claiming the police action against Bhatt as subversion of the Constitution and the Rule of Law, that the hasty and vindictive action of Gujarat police raises serious issues of contempt of the highest court as the matter is still under consideration of the Supreme Court
