Renowned classical dancer and social activist Mallika Sarabhai was detained along with some Gujarat riot victims on the second day of Chief Minister Narendra Modi's fast here on Sunday.
She was detained ahead of the planned protest against Modi's fast. Social activist has also been detained.Sarabhai had earlier in the day alleged on Sunday that her lawyers were bribed by Narendra Modi. She also alleged that many senior officials including the chief secretary of Gujarat were involved in the act.
"Many of you are aware that the police officer Sanjeev Bhatt gave a testimony in May to the Nanavati/Pant commission and in the testimony he said that 'appropo' the PIL that I had filed in the Supreme Court in April 2002 holding the Chief Minister, the bureaucracy and the police complicit in the genocide of 2002 that Sanjeev Bhatt was given instructions by Shri Narendra Modi to use secret fund money to bribe the lawyers who were involved in my case," she said.
Sarabhai further said that Modi had sanctioned Rs 10 lakh to bribe her lawyers who in turn had to reveal their strategy so that the state's lawyers would have an upper hand during the proceeding of the court.
"The day after Mr Sreekumar took over as the chief of Intelligence Bureau and a couple of days after I filed my PIL in the Supreme Court Sanjeev Bhatt and Sreekumar were called to the Chief Minister's office.
As soon as they entered, the chief minister, according to Mr. Sreekumar affidavit, asked him if he knew about Mallika's case and Sreekumar said 'no I don't'. The chief minister said the PIL she has filed is extremely dangerous for the government and I have sanctioned ten lakh rupees that can derail this," said Sarabhai.
"Sanjeev Bhatt knows about it please give him ten lakh rupees from your secret fund to which Sreekumar said that there was no money in the secret fund to which the Chief Minister told him I will see that the Chief secretary arranges this money and Sanjeev has all the information about it," she added.
