The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which was set up to probe the 2002 Gulberg Society riot case, told the trial court here on Thursday that former Ahmedabad city Police Commissioner P C Pandey had no criminal role in the incident. “Former Commissioner of Police in the city P C Pandey was not accused of any negligence. No criminality was shown by him nor attributed to him and therefore no departmental inquiry was conducted against Pandey,” SIT Special Public Prosecutor R C Kodekar told the court.
The Supreme Court-appointed SIT told trial court Judge P B Desai that no departmental inquiry was conducted against two other police officers including a former Joint Commissioner of Police M K Tandon and the then Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) S S Chudasama since they had retired by the year 2009 when SIT had recommended an inquiry against the police officers to Gujarat government.
“On July 2, 2009, SIT wrote a letter to the then Director General of Police (DGP) to conduct a
departmental inquiry against 18 Gujarat police officers including Tandon and Chudasama.
The Supreme Court-appointed SIT told trial court Judge P B Desai that no departmental inquiry was conducted against two other police officers including a former Joint Commissioner of Police M K Tandon and the then Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) S S Chudasama since they had retired by the year 2009 when SIT had recommended an inquiry against the police officers to Gujarat government.
“On July 2, 2009, SIT wrote a letter to the then Director General of Police (DGP) to conduct a
departmental inquiry against 18 Gujarat police officers including Tandon and Chudasama.