Togadia sets May 10 date with SIT but conditions apply

Togadia sets May 10 date with SIT but conditions apply

DILIP PATEL


Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international general secretary Pravin Togadia will appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the post Godhra riots cases, in person on May 10. But conditions apply.
In a letter to SIT, the VHP leader’s lawyer Deepak Shukla has sought a copy of the questions his client would be asked.
He also demanded a duly certified copy of all the questions SIT asks Togadia on May 10 and his client’s answers to them immediately after the quizzing was over. Besides, Shukla wants mediapersons to be present during Togadia’s interrogation.
Confirming the date of Togadia’s appearance before SIT, sources close to the development said the VHP leader was keen on getting his interrogation video recorded. They also said that Togadia demanded the questionnaire and dococuments pertaining to the summon issued to him because the investigation procedure of SIT was allegedly unreliable.
Claiming that Togadia had nothing to do with the riots, sources close to him said the VHP leader was not in Gujarat during the violence. “How can Togadia be involved in the riots when he was not in the state?” asked a close confidante of the VHP leader.