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Sanjiv Bhatt

The Plot Against Modi

PR Ramesh

Inside the conspiracy featuring Teesta Setalvad, Ahmed Patel and others to implicate the then Gujarat chief minister in the 2002 riots

“Modi can be finished only in the political arena”

Autorickshaw drivers know the way to Sanjiv Bhatt’s house in Memnagar, Ahmedabad. It currently resembles a campaign office as Shweta Bhatt, the IPS officer’s wife, gears up for electoral battle against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Outside, a motley group of cops shuffles about with no obvious purpose. Inside, between many phone calls, the man who has taken on Modi, tells Amit Baruah that he has gone beyond thinking about the personal consequences of his actions. Excerpts from the conversation

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