

The News Minute | February 19, 2015 | 2:15 pm ISTThe Supreme Court on Thursday restrained the Gujarat Police from arresting activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand in connection with the alleged misuse of funds collected by NGO Sabrang Trust for setting up a museum at Gulbarga Society which witnessed one of the worst carnage during 2002 Gujarat riots.An apex court bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra also directed her to provide all the documents required by the Gujarat Police in respect of the donors of the fund from within India and overseas.The court said that Gujarat Police will provide the list of documents required by it from the social activist, and also directed her to cooperate with the Gujarat Police in the interrogation.This news comes two days after 200 of India’s most well-known academicians, scholars, journalists, filmmakers, and others had come out in support of activists Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand, expressing their “solidarity†to the couple.Setalvad and Anand face charges of embezzlement and misuse of funds meant for the victims of the 2002 violence.With IANSTweetFollow @thenewsminuteRead - Noam Chomsky, Romila Thapar among civil society people in "solidarity" with Teesta Setalvad