The big questions: Narendra Modi summoned?
A US court has issued summons against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his role as the Gujarat chief minister during 2002 riots, a daily reported on Friday.
The PM will arrive in the US today after a nine-year visa ban.
The summons were issued by the Federal Court of Southern District of New York.
The lawsuit, filed by the American Justice Center (AJC), a non-profit human rights organisation identified among the plaintiffs “two survivors of the horrific and organised violence of Gujarat 2002”, and called for a response from Modi on the basis of the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) and the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA), reported the daily.
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The PM will arrive in the US today after a nine-year visa ban.
The summons were issued by the Federal Court of Southern District of New York.
The lawsuit, filed by the American Justice Center (AJC), a non-profit human rights organisation identified among the plaintiffs “two survivors of the horrific and organised violence of Gujarat 2002”, and called for a response from Modi on the basis of the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) and the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA), reported the daily.
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