1996 drug-planting case: Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt convicted in Palanpur, Gujarat.
Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has been convicted in a 1996 drug-planting case by a district court in Palanpur, Gujarat. Bhatt, who was the district superintendent of police at the time, was found guilty of falsely implicating a Rajasthan-based lawyer by claiming that police had seized drugs from a hotel room where the lawyer was staying. The court held Bhatt guilty under sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, and the prosecution has sought a maximum punishment of 20 years for Bhatt.
March 27, 2024
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