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Yasmeen Shaikh Claims Teesta Setalvad Offered Her Money
Hetal Vyas TNN
Mumbai: Yasmeenbano Shaikh, one of the key witnesses in Gujarats Best Bakery case, has moved the Bombay high court alleging that she was lured and misguided by social activist Teesta Setalvad into giving false testimony against 17 accused, nine of whom were sentenced to life by a Mumbai special court.
Yasmeen moved the high court earlier this week after no action was taken on her letter dated June 17, 2010 addressed to the Chief Justice of the Bombay HC.
Her petition states: Yasmeen gave false deposition against the accused and identified them falsely at the behest and advice of Teesta Setalvad only in the false hope that she (Teesta) would help her financially.
She has also claimed that Setalvad had made her an instrument to achieve her own ulterior goal. The petition further added: Yasmeen was obsessed with the idea of getting money from Teesta and hence she did not think much about the repercussions of her false deposition against innocent persons. She is however repenting now.
Yasmeen has now sought that her evidence be recorded afresh by the high court while hearing the appeal filed by the nine convicts challenging the trial courts order.
Yasmeen, the sister in law of Zaheera Shaikh, complainant in Best Bakery case, was the only prosecution witness from the Shaikh family who stood by the polices case against the 17 accused. Rest of the family, including Zaheera, had turned hostile, alleging that they were forced by Setalvad to lie.
The petition also says that Rais Khan, who is a close associate of Setalvad, had met her along with local Muslim leaders claiming that her life was in danger in Gujarat and she should shift to Mumbai where she would be taken care of.
In February 2006, the Mazagaon special court sentenced nine of the 17 accused in the case to life imprisonment. The court later tried and convicted Zaheera and others who had turned hostile for perjury. Appeals filed by the convicts has been admitted by the high court and is pending for final hearing.
Despite several attempts, Setalvads number was not reachable.
The incident
Oafter n March the 1 Godhra , 2002, two carnage days , a mob attacked Best Bakery in Vadodara. The mob looted and burnt the bakery, killing 14 people. The mob targeted Muslims inside including the Shaikh family that ran the bakery. Three Hindus who worked at the bakery were also killed. TNN
Hetal Vyas TNN
Mumbai: Yasmeenbano Shaikh, one of the key witnesses in Gujarats Best Bakery case, has moved the Bombay high court alleging that she was lured and misguided by social activist Teesta Setalvad into giving false testimony against 17 accused, nine of whom were sentenced to life by a Mumbai special court.
Yasmeen moved the high court earlier this week after no action was taken on her letter dated June 17, 2010 addressed to the Chief Justice of the Bombay HC.
Her petition states: Yasmeen gave false deposition against the accused and identified them falsely at the behest and advice of Teesta Setalvad only in the false hope that she (Teesta) would help her financially.
She has also claimed that Setalvad had made her an instrument to achieve her own ulterior goal. The petition further added: Yasmeen was obsessed with the idea of getting money from Teesta and hence she did not think much about the repercussions of her false deposition against innocent persons. She is however repenting now.
Yasmeen has now sought that her evidence be recorded afresh by the high court while hearing the appeal filed by the nine convicts challenging the trial courts order.
Yasmeen, the sister in law of Zaheera Shaikh, complainant in Best Bakery case, was the only prosecution witness from the Shaikh family who stood by the polices case against the 17 accused. Rest of the family, including Zaheera, had turned hostile, alleging that they were forced by Setalvad to lie.
The petition also says that Rais Khan, who is a close associate of Setalvad, had met her along with local Muslim leaders claiming that her life was in danger in Gujarat and she should shift to Mumbai where she would be taken care of.
In February 2006, the Mazagaon special court sentenced nine of the 17 accused in the case to life imprisonment. The court later tried and convicted Zaheera and others who had turned hostile for perjury. Appeals filed by the convicts has been admitted by the high court and is pending for final hearing.
Despite several attempts, Setalvads number was not reachable.
The incident
Oafter n March the 1 Godhra , 2002, two carnage days , a mob attacked Best Bakery in Vadodara. The mob looted and burnt the bakery, killing 14 people. The mob targeted Muslims inside including the Shaikh family that ran the bakery. Three Hindus who worked at the bakery were also killed. TNN
