The suspended 1988 batch IPS officer, Sanjiv Bhatt, was sacked on Wednesday on the ground of “unauthorised absence” from service. Bhatt had crossed swords with the ruling establishment of the state, taking on then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi over the riots. He had been under suspension since 2011.
He had alleged in an affidavit in the Supreme Court that Modi had instructed top police officers to allow the Hindus “to vent out their anger” after the train-burning incident at Godhra in February 2002. Bhatt had also claimed that he had attended a meeting at Modi’s residence in Gandhinagar on February 27, 2002.
