Civil rights organisation the Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM) has demanded that the Justice Nanavati Commission be dissolved and that IPS officer Rahul Sharma be appointed as part of the Special Investigation Team (SIT).

Briefing the media on Friday, JSM convenor Mukul Sinha said, “The Supreme Court and the Gujarat high court have upheld the opinion of the Central Pota Review Committee that there had been no conspiracy involved in the burning of coach S-6 of the Sabarmati Express and that the Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) could not be invoked in the case. The Supreme Court also refused to grant a stay on this judgement of the Gujarat high court.”

Sinha said the Nanavati Commission had termed the train arson incident as a terrorist activity, but the courts had reversed this theory. “Therefore, the commission should be dissolved. Noel Parmar and his supervising officers, who had imposed the Pota on the accused, should be tried under section 58 of the Act,” he said.

DNA Correspondent/ DNA-Daily News & Analysis Source: 3D Syndication