“Disgraced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt convicted after 28 years in 1996 Drug Peddling case where he tried to frame an innocent lawyer”, Opindia, March 27, 2024:
“On Wednesday, the 27th of March, the disgraced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt was convicted in the 1996 Drug Planting case of Palanpur under NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act). Bhatt’s conviction came after he was presented before the Palanpur sessions court during the day.
The NDPS case traces its origins back to 1996 during Sanjiv Bhatt’s tenure as the District Superintendent of Police in Banaskantha, when he fabricated evidence against a lawyer by placing 1.5 kg of opium in a hotel in Palanpur.
Sanjiv Bhatt was arrested by the Gujarat CID on the accusation of falsely implicating the lawyer Sumersingh Rajpurohit by planting opium in a hotel room in Palanpur…..”
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