Reuest for providing adequate and effective security to Shri Sanjiv R. Bhatt

23, Canning Lane, New Delhi-110001 anhad.delhi@gmail.com, tel-23070740/ 22 Shri P. Chidambaram Hon’ble Union Home Minister Government of India Sanjiv Bhatt IPS, DIG SRPF Training College, Junagadh, had filed an Affidavit relating to SIT investigation on the complaint by Smt. Ahsan Jafri against Shri Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, senior politicians and bureaucrats in the Supreme Court of India. April 29, 2011 Subject: Request for providing adequate and effective security to Shri Sanjiv R. Bhatt IPS 1998), Principal SRPF Training College, Junagadh Dear Mr. Chidambaram, We are deeply perturbed by the media reports (pasted at the end of this letter) : Gujarat Govt withdraws security cover of IPS officer who deposed against Modi, Express news service, Fri Apr 29 2011, 00:36 hrs. Sanjiv Bhatt’s Affidavit filed in Supreme Court contains important evidence against Narendra Modi. Earlier, the late Haren Pandya, the former State Minister, who submitted similar information to the Citizens Tribunal, headed by Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, had been assassinated in suspicious circumstances. In the background of these circumstances and the prevailing conditions in Gujarat of ‘No Tolerance to any Dissent’ today’s media reports about the withdrawal of security from Sanjiv Bhatt comes as a rude shock and is very disturbing. There is a long list of serving officers who have been penalized by the state government for stopping the riots in 2002 in the areas under their jurisdiction and they continue to be harassed. We as concerned citizens, individuals, activists, political workers, leaders feel extremely perturbed by this recent development. We are writing to urge you to ensure that adequate and effective security cover be provided to Sanjiv Bhatt and his family urgently. He is entitled to protection as per the witness protection rules ordered by the Honorable Supreme Court for the witnesses of the communal riot cases, being investigated by the SIT constituted by the Supreme Court. Yours Sincerely Released by Shabnam Hashmi on behalf of