Activist Teesta Setalvad Gets Bail; Was Arrested For “Conspiracy” After Gujarat Riots Verdict
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Teesta Setalvad was arrested after her plea for larger probe into Gujarat riots was dismissed. (File)New Delhi: Activist Teesta Setalvad, in jail since June over allegations of "a conspiracy to destabilise the Gujarat government after the 2002 riots", today got interim bail from the Supreme Court, which said the police had already got enough time to interrogate her. The court's tone was consistent with its comments yesterday, when it said there is "no offence in this case over court which bail cannot be granted", that too when "she is a lady". She'd gone to the Gujarat High Court, which on August 3 posted the bail plea to six weeks later — something the top court didn't particularly appreciate in its order today. That plea for regular bail will, however, continue to be heard by th...