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Sanjiv Bhatt
September 19 at 4:32pm

A little known story from Gujarat:

The CBI investigations into Sohrabuddin Shaikh and Tulsiram Prajapati encounters were at their peak. The fates of
the then Home Minister and the then Chief Minister were hanging fire. A young investigative journalist was tasked by
her magazine to cover the CBI investigations and look for a story that would sell. She came to Ahmedabad and tried
tapping sources in the Police and CBI. Unfortunately for her, information from the State Police or the CBI was not
very forthcoming. She tried her luck with an Ahmedabad based lawyer activist who was pursuing the fake encounter
cases in court. The lawyer activist fell easy prey to the charms of the dusky chain smoking journalist and was more
than happy to share juicy case details with her. Stories started taking shape. The journalist wanted more. She got in
touch with the duo of IPS officers from the CBI who were leading the investigation. The younger of the two IPS
officers was attracted to the journalist and she was attracted to him. The inevitable happened. Their meetings
increased in frequency. Information started flowing easily. The magazine continued getting good stories. And the
young lovers continued having a good time. But little did the two lovers know at that time that the Government
Guesthouses where they used to meet for their amorous peccadilloes were discreetly bugged by the operatives of
the State Police. All their shenanigans were captured in lurid colourful detail. The tables turned. The young CBI
officer was made aware of the irrefutable video evidence against him. The hunter suddenly became the hunted.
Deals were struck. The investigation was derailed. The encounter cases were diluted to the point of no repair. The
word eventually reached the CBI bosses in Delhi and the IPS officer was removed from the investigation and
repatriated to his parent cadre state. But irreparable damage had already been done. The young journalist was
given a choice: face public shaming along with the officer or help in derailing the efforts of the lawyer activist who
was heavily besotted with her easy charms. She chose the latter. Things moved as planned. She was used to
collect dirt on the lawyer activist. The scandalous dirt was smartly used to deter the lawyer activist from pursuing
certain sensitive issues before the Commission of Inquiry that was inquiring into the Gujarat Riots of 2002. The
lawyer activist eventually withdrew himself completely from the Commission proceedings despite being the only
legal representative of the hapless victims. The young journalist wrote a titillating and fanciful account of her
journalistic exploits in Gujarat, but took exceptional care to gloss over the role of the then Chief Minister in
engineering the Gujarat Carnage. In return, the book was allowed to be published and publicised without any
hindrance whatsoever. What could have been an end-of-the-political-road situation for the political duo from Gujarat,
and end-of-the-journalistic-road situation for the young investigative journalist became a win-win situation for both
sides.
P.S. Hope this helps some of you to connect the dots...

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Sanjiv Bhatt
That is exactly what the Ediror-in-Chief believed. He was subsequently viciously targeted by the government.
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Jyoti Khera
and does anyone remember where he is now. rotting in some More
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The journalist in question has been named and shamed after this startling revelation The late lawyer- activist
has also met a similar fate. What about the investigator, the then supposedly young/ junior of the two officers
on CBI deputation? Why should he go scot-free as he was also a 'partner in the crime'!
Tuesday at 8:13pm Like 10 More

Sanjiv Bhatt
The link was in response to your query about the identity of More
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Ali Jamal Kidwai

If what you wrote in your post is untrue Sanjiv Bhatt, you will loose a lot of credibility. As it is she will now
again be hounded by bhakts on Social Media.
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Sanjiv Bhatt
Ali Jamal Kidwai, Don't worry. Nobody will really hound her. More
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Seema Tyagi
I do not know who or what is right or wrong. All I was astounded by was the ease with which the book was
allowed to be published by the evil regime. Also, how the book launches all over the world were allowed to
go through with elegance and ease. The publisher of a small patrika in one State of India.. A Congress ruled
State.. was shot in cold blood for a small article.
It's a murky set up.. That much is clear. The rest is an interestingly horrifying story.
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Sanjiv Bhatt
Seema, You've nailed it!
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Prayaag Kasundra
Sanjiv Bhatt It's disgusting. If you so wanted not to shame for your so called excuse of maintaining decency
you wouldn't use the intensifier and deliberate and explicit detail about the nature of compromise ( even if the
matter about compromise/deal made is true )

Quoting someone's comment on other post. Which is same feeling I have ....

"He has named and shamed both the journalist and the lawyer-activist in this damning revelation but has
spared the investigating Police officer (then on CBI deputation) who was a 'partner in crime'! This raises
serious doubts on the intent of his post."
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Sanjiv Bhatt
Prayaag Kasundra, The identity of the IPS officer is an absolute no-brainer. Just google a little.
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Sumeer Mathur
Does not take away from what she unearthed..lets try and not get peoples personal lives into this.
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Sanjiv Bhatt
This is not about personal lives! Who cares a fuck about who More
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Rajiv Shah
Written in bad taste, I strongly disapprove of such mudslinging on a woman journalist, who is unable to find a
publisher in Gujarat (if she is the one about whom Sanjiv Bhatt is talking about), yet I believe, as a journalist,
undercover operations to flash a story is sensation and serves only serves political purpose. Great
investigations are always done overground, by interviewing people and cultivating sources. There are
innumerable examples across the world about them... That said, the book the lady (she is basically an
activist) wrote itself made great news, and even we reported it in www.counterview.net.

COUNTERVIEW
News and view from alternative quarters
counterview.net

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Sanjiv Bhatt
DP Bhattacharya Stories like?
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Sarwar Baig
This was uncalled for. It initiates gossip and slander about a brave and accomplished young woman. You
have people rooting for and looking up to you , Sir. You really didn't have to start something like this. I
understand you two have your differences , but that's hardly any justification to make it personal like this.
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Sanjiv Bhatt
This is not personal. It is about willful subversion.
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DP Bhattacharya
http://m.indiatoday.in/story/gujarat-ex-adgp-exposes-modis-bid-to-derail-riots-pil/1/151797.html
That much for this man's conscience and credibility... a deal maker who fell out with his masters after they
stopped throwing bones at him and started spitting lies all over.

Sanjiv Bhatt helped Narendra Modi derail riots PIL

Gujarat ex-ADGP R.B.Shreekumar, in an affidavit filed before the Nanavati-Shah panel, says suspended IPS o
indiatoday.intoday.in

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Sanjiv Bhatt
Rajivbhai, Some of us have been fighting the battle of our More
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Sumeer Mathur
I don't think the book absolves Modi, if anything it shows how he had an ecosystem that perpetrated that.
She has since gone on record to say, if I am lying why don't you prosecute me. The book is hated by
sanghis, there are book stores in Delhi that refuse to even stock it.
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Sanjiv Bhatt
The entire underpinning of the book is to absolve Modi. Read More
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Bodhisattva YaMyoho
Sanjiv Bhatt you have pulled the rug from under my feet , this is so hard to believe
Tuesday at 7:42pm Like 8 More

Sanjiv Bhatt
The sad truth!
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Sarnawaz Mirza
Yesterday Rana wrote--Amit Shah testifies in favor of Maya Kodnani in the court today. Here is Maya
Kodnani in her taped conversation in Gujarat Files. Of course SIT will not ask me for the tapes
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Sanjiv Bhatt
Sarnawaz Mirza, The White Beard won't mind a little tarnishing More
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Marise Abraham Lee

If what you say is true, have the courage to stand by your truth and name the people in your little poison pen
note please. Surely you're not afraid of a lawsuit?
This is so kindergarten.
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Sanjiv Bhatt
It is not kindergarten. It is plain and simple decency.
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Mohamed Ajmal
Sir u made us cry with ur post today.. if the supposed saviour was not even a saviour then we have even
lesser people to trust now..
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Sanjiv Bhatt
But that is the sad truth. Read the book again and you will be able to connect the dots.
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Amir Khan
What is your source ? Or another your truth like meeting with CM ?
Tuesday at 7:42pm Like 6 More

Sanjiv Bhatt
Firsthand knowledge, my friend.
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Raahil Wasi
Why these insinuations ? And why now ? The whole world knows what lows the "political duo from Gujarat"
is capable of - not sure whether that was your intention indeed. But feel free to answer.
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Sanjiv Bhatt
Just giving a perspective to the events that impacted the political course of a nation.

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Nafis Umar
One thing still haunts me. What was the 'crime' of Sohrabuddin ?
Tuesday at 6:59pm Like 5 More

Sanjiv Bhatt
Knew too much about the murder of Haren Pandya.
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Sunny
This is getting dirtier by the minute. Sanjiv sir, how do we corroborate this post? Against what?
Tuesday at 8:22pm Like 4 More

Sanjiv Bhatt
Revisit the circumstances and events.

Hasnain Naqvi
Does the book conceal more than it reveals?
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Sanjiv Bhatt
It doesn't fail to titillate with all the fanciful claims of More
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Praveen Vettiyattil
What if the girl was trained and sent by those who wanted to derail the fake encounter investigations?

Why should such a young and inexperienced journalist be investigating such a high profile and high risk
case?

Would a young and attractive journalist ever sleep with the lawyer or investigators with no guarantee that she
would get the info she is seeking?

For me it looks like the magazine was contracted to trap the lawyer activist and investigator.
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Sanjiv Bhatt
That is exactly what the Ediror-in-Chief believed. He was More
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Ravinder Kumar Bali

What is the head and what is the tail in it.
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Sanjiv Bhatt
It is web of deception. No head. No tail.
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Rebecca Solomon
Who is the lawyer activist?
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Sanjiv Bhatt
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Vignesh Mathi
Sir, I am not able resist questioning the timing of this allegation.
The book has been translated into Hindi and was launched only 4 days ago.

Your damning allegations come at a time when the book is going to reach a very huge audience of Hindi
readers living in cow belt region.

Why was this "little known story" not posted when the original edition of the book got published way back in
May 2016??? This is already September 2017.
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Sanjiv Bhatt
Vignesh Mathi, Just puts things in a better perspective, doesn't it?
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Nafis Umar
OK. And the 'crime' of Pandya ?
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Sanjiv Bhatt
Threatening to reveal the truth behind the Akshardham Attack.
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Mazhbeen Siganporia
Oh that's terrible
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Sanjiv Bhatt
The damage was colossal and irreparable.

Prashant Prashant
Is it the same book , which is in news sir? . And if the answer is yes, than now i can understand many
things... ?
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Ak Parmar
The then Guj Govt desperately manipulated the investigations of the fake encounters to save its skin, the
manipulation assumed infantile proportions. They rejected their own magistrate but grabbed David Headley
as their saviour. The thug duo came to Delhi. MAITHILI TYAGI eventually gave into her own sins. The FILES
flew off the shelf. Democracy took a nose dive.
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Iliyas Mansuri
Are you talking about Gujarat files? n MS?
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Mahboob UrRahman
Oh so this is the story ?
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Nafis Umar
O my God.
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