Ex-Gujarat DGP files defamation case against Modi

Former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar, who had taken on Narendra Modi on fake encounter issue, filed a defamation and conspiracy case against the BJP PM candidate and other party leaders on Tuesday, accusing them of launching a malicious campaign against him by raking up the two-decade-old Isro spy case.  The ex-police officer, who has filed nine affidavits in Gujarat riots case and was heading the intelligence wing in the state in 2002, also accused Modi of ordering him to tap the phone of former Gujarat chief minister Shankar Singh Vaghela.

The latest allegations come close on heels of the controversy over Modi’s aide Amit Shah allegedly ordering surveillance of a woman in Gujarat in 2009.Comparing Modi to the the villain ‘Duryodhana’ in epic Mahabharata, Sreekumar said he has filed a defamation case against Modi, BJP chief Rajnath Singh and party spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi. Besides, scientist Nambi Narayan, who had reportedly termed the cop as a ‘CIA agent’, has also been named in the case.