The Supreme Court on Friday >extended its interim protection against arrest to activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband by another four weeks in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds meant for a memorial at Ahmedabad’s Gulberg Society, which was devastated in the 2002 riots.
A Bench of Justices Anil R. Dave and A.K. Goel said the > extension of anticipatory bail would continue till October 15. The order came on an urgent mention by senior advocate Kapil Sibal that the existing protection period ends on September 15.
The Gujarat police have accused the couple of embezzling crores of rupees from the residents of Gulberg Society in the name of constructing a memorial in their honour.
