The city sessions court on Wednesday deferred the hearing on the revision application filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) till Thursday after investigating officer, assistant commissioner of police PL Mal, forgot to bring the case diary of the Naroda case to court. The application had been filed against an earlier order of the metropolitan court sending former second inspector of the Naroda police, VS Gohil, to judicial custody. “Mal forgot the case diary at the Gujarat high court during a hearing. Because of this, he could not bring it to court today and the sessions court deferred hearing in the case till Thursday,” a highly placed source said.

Gohil had surrendered before the SIT and has been accused of dereliction of duty during the 2002 riots. A source said that Mal was told that nothing could be done if the case diary was not brought to court.

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