Ahmedabad: Valsad Deputy Superintendent of Police KG Erda, who was arrested on Sunday in a 2002 Gujarat riots case by Special Investigation Team, has been granted five days police remand.
He was arrested on charges of dereliction of duty and tampering with evidence. He is the first police officer to be arrested by the Supreme Court-appointed panel.
Erda, who was posted at Meghaninagar police station as an inspector during the post-Godhra riots, was arrested in connection with the mob attack on Gulbarg society that left 38 people dead including ex-Congress MP Ehsan Jafferi.
"We have arrested Erda, who is at present posted in Valsad, in the Gulbarg society case under various charges," said chief of the Supreme Court-appointed SIT, RK Raghavan.
"One of the charges against Erda is inaction on duty amounting to abetment of crime. Another charge against him is tampering with evidence (collected from Gulbarg society)," added Raghavan.
The SIT chief, who refused to divulge other charges against Erda, said the DSP was arrested on Sunday morning from Valsad.
Erda is the first police officer to be arrested by the SIT which was appointed by the apex court in March last year, said sources.
He had been recently interrogated by the SIT that is investigating riot-affected areas, along with some other police men posted in those areas then.
(With inputs from PTI)
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