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Gujarat High Court stays Teesta Setalvad's arrest till April 4

Ahemadabad: Social activist Teesta Setalvad's arrest has been stayed by the Gujarat High Court till April 4.The arrest of Teesta's husband Javed Anand and Tanvir Jafri, son of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, has also



In his arguments before the high court, Setalvad's counsel Dushyant Dave said the probe agency had falsely implicated Teesta Setalvad and others.

“Applicant's accounts have been regularly audited by several monitoring agencies like charity commissioner, income tax commissioner,” Dave told the court.  

“No query has come out during the audit, so on what basis the probe agency has been naming the applicants,” he said.

While rejecting anticipatory bail to Setalvad and others, the session's court judge had observed that prima facie documentary evidence existed against the accused, which needs a thorough probe.

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