On August 10, 2011 Ahmedabad Mirror reported that senior IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Tuesday said he would challenge his suspension by the Gujarat government, claiming that the action was prompted by his petition in the Supreme Court on the 2002 post-Godhra riots. The Narendra Modi government however contested Bhatt’s claim saying it was not the case and that the suspension was prompted by his acts of indiscipline. “This (suspension of Bhatt) was direct reaction to the petition filed by Bhatt in the Supreme Court. I believe that the actions was biased,” Bhatt’s lawyer Iqbal Sayed told mediapersons. “We are weighing legal options and deciding on forums where the suspension order could be challenged,” he said.

The original article can be found at Ahmedabad Mirror .