MODI's VENGEANCE: Top cop Rahul Sharma chargesheeted!

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August 13, 2011 / PTI, Ahmedabad / DC.

The Gujarat government on Saturday charge sheeted IPS officer Rahul Sharma for alleged misconduct in not submitting the original CDs containing mobile phone call records related to the 2002 communal riots.

"Rahul Sharma has been served the copy of charge sheet today," Gujarat government spokesperson Jaynarayan Vyas told media persons here.

Sharma confirmed that he has received the copy of the charge sheet. He was charge sheeted on Saturday after his notice period ended on Friday. Sharma was served the first notice on January 27. He was served the final notice on July 28 and was asked to file reply to the notice within 15 days.

The officer has been accused of gross misconduct under Sec 3(1) of All India Service Rules 1969.

He has been accused of not submitting the CDs containing phone call records during the riots to respective investigating officers of Naroda Gam, Naroda Patia and Gulburg Society case.

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GUJARAT COMMUNAL RIOTS: Whistleblower cop Rahul Sharma's writ petition rejected!!

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NDTV Correspondent, Updated: August 12, 2011 16:02 IST.

Ahmedabad:  The Gujarat High Court has rejected the writ petition of senior IPS officer Rahul Sharma who had moved court asking why documents were not been given to him which could help him build his defence in replying to a showcause notice served to him by the Narendra Modi government in connection with the Gujarat riots.

The state government has charged Mr Sharma with giving call record details related to the 2002 post-Godhra riots to the Nanavati Commission without informing the government.

Mr Sharma was served a showcause notice in February this year and sources have told NDTV that the state government could soon file a chargesheet against him.

Mr Sharma had sought information under the Right to Information (RTI) to reply to the showcause notice.

Phone records collected by Mr Sharma between February 27 and March 4, 2002, purportedly show that during the riots in Gujarat after the burning of the Sabarmati Express in Godhra on February 27, 2002, rioters on the streets were in touch with policemen and politicians. The government has alleged that some of these records are inaccurate and that a CD given by Mr Sharma to the probe panel is doctored.

Mr Sharma is currently posted as Deputy Inspector General (DIG), armed units, in Rajkot. He was the Deputy Commissioner of Police in the Control Room at the time of the riots. In February this year, he was served the showcause notice detailing the charges against him and asking why he should not be chargesheeted.

Mr Sharma's case has sparked off more political sparring. "The BJP government in Gujarat is stifling all opinion which goes against them," Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ambika Soni, said. 

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