9Photo© hindustantimes.comJailed Ex-Cop Sanjiv Bhatt Convicted In 1996 Drug Seizure Case
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A Gujarat court on Wednesday convicted former Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 1996 drug seizure case, PTI reported.
The case pertains to a complaint by a Rajasthan-based lawyer, Sumer Singh Rajpurohit, accusing Bhatt among others, of planting 1.15 kg of opium at a Palanpur hotel where he was staying. This came after Rajpurohit was arrested and booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act after the police found drugs in his hotel room.
Bhatt was the district superintendent of police at the time.
The court on Wednesday found him guilty under sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. The prosecution has sought the maximum punishment of 20 years for Bhatt.